RE: RE: How Many Trees? (WAS: URGENT: Immediate ethical issue)

["Gillespie, Stephen (Contractor)" <Stephen -dot- Gillespie -at- Persnet -dot- Navy -dot- Mil>]

Wow, Gene, maybe we need to consult a lawyer because that's a really strange
way of looking at it - are not the results of independent research and their
published expression the same as if I wrote the Great American Novel? -
meaning, both would be MY copyrightable property?

Both (my scientific report & my novel) were created where nothing previously
existed. Of course, I reject your assertion that the information in each
(report AND novel) was 'just out there - waiting to be discovered'.

Anyway, I can see that maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree. :-)

have a nice day!
Steve G.
(who gave up on being discovered a long time ago ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Kim-Eng [mailto:gene -at- genek -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 8:44 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: RE: How Many Trees? (WAS: URGENT: Immediate ethical issue)

In that case, you'd best consult a lawyer on this, because under the law,
you do *not* "own" information simply by virtue of having been the one
to research it.  You can only own what you create, and information that
can be obtained simply by counting or observing something that already
exists in nature is not "created" (in effect, you got it "second-hand" from
whatever god or creator you may happen to believe in).  The only way to
preserve your exclusivity on researched information is to keep it secret
and not publish it.

Gene Kim-Eng

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