Mary. You do go on. You may quote whatever you wish to. I don't really care. Unless... someone were to copy this entire blog onto their own space and call it theirs. I think the work of reading, selecting, editing, and typing said contents means something. In fact, I believe it comes under something called "compilation copyright" if we need to get real technical: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?CompilationCopyright
The US Supreme Court has ruled that compilation copyright is NOT valid if "the competing work does not feature the same selection and arrangement." But then again, that's exactly my point. It IS valid for "the same selection and arrangement." Hence I claim the compilation copyright for the entire selection and arrangement of The Blog of Henry David Thoreau. I now rest my case, and accept closure.
John, actually I have learned to love the colder weather as well. In fact, November has become one of my favorite months. And not just because it's such the underdog and nothing much going for it considering it's too warm for winter sports and way past the leaf-peeping season. But it's just so unassuming. It just is. I've come to learn to love that existential character of the month. But I must admit that I still haven't been able to accept Febrruary in the same light. But I shall try again this year.
Please, Mary, do some research for your learning, and have fun with it somewhere else. If you can't understand the difference between copyrighting a selection (which is done ALL the time) and violating the copyright of someone who has been dead for most of a century and a half (hence, no copyright to violate), maybe you would be better served reading up on the subject at a library, rather than on a nice weblog that you're managing to mess up. No one bugs the hell out of you on your blog.
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Oh, now I really miss Massachusetts:) It's still warm in Southern Illinois.
I'm just claiming copyright for the entire site (edit) as an any editor would.
John, I bet you really miss it when it's been below 10 for a week or two and the most you can hope for is a blizzard just to warm things up a bit.
Mary. You do go on. You may quote whatever you wish to. I don't really care. Unless... someone were to copy this entire blog onto their own space and call it theirs. I think the work of reading, selecting, editing, and typing said contents means something. In fact, I believe it comes under something called "compilation copyright" if we need to get real technical: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?CompilationCopyright
But one more thing Mary. Thanks for prompting me to do a bit of research on this. I will change the small print to indicate a compilation copyright.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that compilation copyright is NOT valid if "the competing work does not feature the same selection and arrangement." But then again, that's exactly my point. It IS valid for "the same selection and arrangement." Hence I claim the compilation copyright for the entire selection and arrangement of The Blog of Henry David Thoreau. I now rest my case, and accept closure.
A more complete explanation at:
http://grapez.blogspot.com/2004/10/yes-virginia-there-is-compilation.html
Mary, "commodify some sort of transcendental view of life"? You take the cake. And I admire your spleen.
Greg, I miss the winters just as much as the autumn. I love cold weather, can't get enough of it. That's probably masochistic, in a way:)
John, actually I have learned to love the colder weather as well. In fact, November has become one of my favorite months. And not just because it's such the underdog and nothing much going for it considering it's too warm for winter sports and way past the leaf-peeping season. But it's just so unassuming. It just is. I've come to learn to love that existential character of the month. But I must admit that I still haven't been able to accept Febrruary in the same light. But I shall try again this year.
Geez, and all Thoreau said was "Frost and ice." Go figure - 15 comments. An omen of as much portent as his cat sleeping of its head, no doubt.
That frost and ice is some terrible tricky ingredients. Caveat etc.
Please, Mary, do some research for your learning, and have fun with it somewhere else. If you can't understand the difference between copyrighting a selection (which is done ALL the time) and violating the copyright of someone who has been dead for most of a century and a half (hence, no copyright to violate), maybe you would be better served reading up on the subject at a library, rather than on a nice weblog that you're managing to mess up. No one bugs the hell out of you on your blog.
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