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Subject:Re: Janice Gelb Transcribes w/o Permission From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 8 Aug 1995 16:51:49 GMT
In article <Pine -dot- SUN -dot- 3 -dot- 91 -dot- 950805163103 -dot- 1823A-100000 -at- kitfox>, David Dvorkin
<daved -at- kitfox -dot- kapre -dot- com> writes:
>We write for a living. Some of us also write on our own time for a
>second income.
>So what the hell is one of us doing transcribing an article without
>permission?
As far as I know, newspaper articles with no bylines do not get
royalties for subsequent publication that is not for profit.
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