Date:         Mon, 13 Apr 1998 08:50:56 -0700
Reply-To:     Thom Fitzpatrick <thom@CALWEB.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Thom Fitzpatrick <thom@CALWEB.COM>
Subject:      Re: Copyrights
Comments: To: bighouse@type2.com
Comments: cc: Veeduber@aol.com, type2@bigkitty.azaccess.com, vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <199804130406.VAA15487@yiff.azaccess.com> from Ken Hooper at "Apr
              12, 98 09:06:46 pm"
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Okay people, look.  You're all pissing and moaning over copyright
stuff like you just wrote the new testament or something.   In
real life, most of us, with a couple notable exceptions, haven't
written anything new and earth shattering.  Most of the information
in the treasured archives could be found somewhere else, with a little
digging.  And 90% of the list material is rehash, because a new guy
asks a question that was discussed a year ago.  When I was on the
vanagon list, I actually had to put "silver socket" in my filter-rules
file.  THe copyright thread comes back up every year or so, just
like "whats that switch on the left side of my dash."

So lighten up.  If you feel your works are so precious, write your
*own* book and publish it.  That will determinine the real value of
your writings.  Who knows, you could be the next danielle steele?

Lets put an end to this thread, and use the list for something constructive,
like ganging up on the poor guy who wants to convert his bench to
a walk-thru (just kidding) and bashing crappy repro safaris (not kidding).

BTW, wasn't there some guy in so-cal who was actually doing that for
real, using walk-thru sections from junked busses?  I know a kid
here in town that did it.

Thom
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Thom Fitzpatrick
thom@vintagebus.com - http://www.vintagebus.com