msspurlock

Here's the bottom line: Nobody stole a book here. Nobody claimed a work as their own. If I mention As*mov's Three Laws in passing and the SFWA comes after me, they should be sued out of existence.

xanadu

a doc on scribd about DMCA censorship

msspurlock

So why the hell isn't someone swearing out a warrant against this SFWA guy for perjury and abuse of the court system? It's our tax money they're wasting!

Builder

One of my articles was removed by Scribd because it had an Asimov epigraph of two sentences at its beginning. The article was, I thought, quite complimentary of the thinking of Mr. Asimov. Apparently SFWA considers "fair use" something they are prepared to fight about in court. Their first course of action is to play the role of the bully to see who caves. Scribd honcho Jared Friedman encouraged me to submit a DCMA counter-notification which he would send to SFWA. That's the equivalent of asking the other side's team of lawyers for permission to defend yourself at your own trial. (No criticism intended of Jared because I think he's just getting his feet wet in the foul world of copyright issues, copyright law and copyright hyjinx.)