>violation of his copyright..... >not considered a nice thing to do. Shame on whoever did this.... >Shame on you..... >wake-up call....etc. etc. I am looking at these recent messages about this subject with a sense of nostalgia and bemusement (well, almost). For me, this is deja vu all over again. This is because, as a few on the NYC-kayaker list may recall, a trip report that I put out a few years ago on that list was published in a kayaking magazine, (which shall be nameless) without my knowledge or my permission. This piece was even published with spelling and grammatical errors which were not in my original, and finally, it was attributed to Norman S of Columbus, Ohio (not even close)!!! Well, I can tell you I was pretty upset. I was flattered, but I wrote this trip report in the context of some other messages at the time and felt that if I had known about its publication, I could have changed some things and improved upon the piece, specifically, there were some safety issues that I would have enhanced. I emailed the magazine for an explanation but got no response for many, many days and I really didn't know how to take it. I was relatively new in the kayaking community and I did not want to cause a public brouhaha. So, I made a few calls to the people that I knew. Interestingly, I got a myriad of responses in varying degrees of sympathy, from the above comments to one kayaking personality (don't ask) who told me I was being a "prick". I also had a personal friend who just happened to be a very successful attorney specializing in intellectual property rights, who offered me assistance if I wanted it. When I finally mentioned this friend in an email to the magazine, they finally responded to me (they were "away"), apologized to me, printed an apology to me in the following issue, and corrected my address. So, I learned a few things from this experience and further research on it that I can pass on: -According to my lawyer friend, the entire issue of the copyright of email is still somewhat murky and the law is still not yet well established as it is in print, meaning that if you have the financial wherewithall to pursue a case you may prevail, but you may not. -It may be helpful if you are concerned about this to put a © copyright mark on your work, (making sure that your typeface conforms to standard ascii code so it will appear) -Don't take for granted that your message won't be seen by others outside your list -Be aware that your email can be monitored by various unauthorized persons, from hackers to your provider to your government. Until the recent confirmation of congressional hearings on Project Echelon, this was the stuff of conspiracy theory buffs, but not anymore. (see The Electronic Privacy Information Centre http://www.epic.org & http://www.house.gov/barr/p_081699.html or do your own search on "echelon" for futher info) See you on the water, Norman Savitt contents©1999 (I rarely do this, but what the hell...;-) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I belong to a listserv for teachers. One teacher was relating to the list her problems with a high school pupil who was harassing her. The story showed up in a Baltimore newspaper. It turned out that the reporter had been lurking. You never can tell if a person, is as you assume, like you. It's an unfortunate fact of life, but easily carried off when you are on the web. Peg *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 10/05/1999 10:44:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, plang_at_mail.ameritel.net writes: << It turned out that the reporter had been lurking. >> Howabouthat? It never occurred to me: reporters are paddlers, too! So we probably have a situation of a paddler who happens to be a reporter who just couldn't resist this "scoop." I guess he/she missed the ethics class. He's (she's?) probably clinging (desperately???) to the "protecting your source" theory. Sandy Kramer Miami *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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