[pct-l] Plagiarism (Was: tips and tricks - problems.)

[bmclaughlin at bigplanet.com (Brian McLaughlin)]

Tangent wrote:
> 
> I can not take Yogi's book, rewrite it in my own words, and 
> pass it off as my own or as fair use. This is good.

Well, actually, you can. The only thing protected by copyright
is the verbatim text, not the information or ideas contained
in the text, or even the work of the author in gathering the
information or ideas together. 

When you come to think about it, this is good.