[pct-l] News links

[metam01 at earthlink.net (Monty Tam)]

Author of an LA Times article?  Was that the guy who wrote the article
depicting thru-hikers as mangy dogs, homeless and unemployed, while where
he did his research(Sauffley's) there were quire a few productive and even
successful hikers there at the time.(Two contractors, a medical secretary,
a wherhouse manager for a large toy distributor, a physical theripist, and
even a doctor and his overly brilliant son.  Most of these people own their
own homes.  (Guess I'm still a little pissed)

If I were that guy, I wouldn't send it out either after some of the flack I
know he received.  (It, buy the way was on this list.)

As far as copyrights, I doubt newspapers send every paper to the Library of
Congress with the $30 standard fee and paperwork.  They could possibly do a
poor man's copyright(mail it to themselves).  Or nothing at all, which
would leave a lot of gray areas.  It's very common in the media (TV news
and documentries,and in print) to see photos of articles.  Permission
required?  
I love to have my stuff in print and performed by just about anyone.  My
copyrights reserve me the right to say "time to negotiate" if someone
starts making money with my works.
 
Gray areas..........................................Someone might say
"Don't", but who's going to sue a mangy hiker?  I mean a hiker.

Warner Springs Monty

> [Original Message]
> From: Robert Ellinwood <rellinwood@worldnet.att.net>
> To: Chuckie V <rubberchuckie@yahoo.com>; PCT MailingList
<pct-l@backcountry.net>
> Cc: <pmags@yahoo.com>
> Date: 1/7/2005 2:47:04 PM
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] News links
>
>
>
> > Of couse, this might be infringement...I know nothing about copyright
> laws, but can't imagine
> > a "newspaper" article posted on the Internet isn't fair game enough to
> share on a forum.
>
> I'd err on the side of suspecting it's not fair game.  All I know is that
> the actual author of an article in the LA Times could not and would not
send
> me a copy, citing that it would be illegal.
>
> Dr Bob
>
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