From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Fri Jan 24 2003 - 18:41:00 MST
Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>>(Michael M. Butler <mmb@spies.com>):
>
>
>>Some time ago, I mentioned that I had transcribed Eric Drexler's
>>closing remarks at the Foresight Senior Associates Gathering 2002...
>
>
>>Good: I've been informed by senior Foresight staff that Eric is using
>>my transcript as the armature for a journal article.
>>Bad: As a consequence, it appears I am *not* authorized to release
>>my transcript.
>
>
> "As a consequence" here is incorrect. Under present law, which
> recognizes copyright even in unpublished speech, you cannot publish
> your transcript regardless of what Eric may or may not do with it.
Good grief. Pull back a bit, Lee.
Unpack it this way:
As a consequence of that notice from Foresight staff, I deduce I will not
be getting permission, am disinterested in bugging them further _for_
permission; and absent any explicit permission, it appears [for all the
legal reasons you mention, which I *am* aware of, thank you kindly, Lee]
that I am not authorized to release my transcript.
Said permission _was in fact mentioned explicitly as a precondition in
an elided portion of the start of this thread_.
MMB
Apologies if I'm over my 8 for the day, I wanted to set this straight ASAP
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