Date: 1/25/2002 8:15:00 PM
From Authorid: 47297
wow! good question. i wouldn't think it would be the USM staff because in all honesty they didnt really know. but that is a tough one.  |
Date: 1/25/2002 8:16:00 PM
From Authorid: 12133
the author..its called plagarism..USM assumes that any material posted is original, or at least credited to the correct author..not givng credit is a copyright violation...if I have a band, and I play "Knockin on Heaven's Door" we, technically are supposed to send the song writer money for playing it.  |
Date: 1/25/2002 8:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 16538
LOL thats was an awesome way of putting it crash. Bigtex  |
Date: 1/25/2002 8:19:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 19273
Yes Crash, I know what plagiarism is. But (while not assuming any sides--I don't know where I feel yet), would not USM have at least some responsibility, since they have demonstrated that they regularly patrol the site and delete material that does not agree with the rules? If they were to publish this book, they would be saying they did not research it, and they would be adopting responsibility since they are the ones who put it in print.  |
Date: 1/25/2002 8:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 18870
I would have to say the Author, cause if they don't say it was from someone else and if someone on USM dosn't happen to read it anywhere else, then how would they know it wasn't the authors? So I don't think they should be at fault.   |
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Date: 1/25/2002 8:44:00 PM ( Admin-US )
It would be the author as we only look for g-rated material. We do not research to see if the story has been written by someone else or not. |
Date: 1/25/2002 10:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 30229
Well.. it is like this, (the way I see it)... IF you know that you still own the post but that the site has a right to publish it, and you still post it here, there there is NO copyright infringement...  |
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Date: 1/25/2002 10:18:00 PM
From Authorid: 30229
Ooooooops, I guess I misunderstood the question, sorry. If a person posts a story that was in fact written by someone else, but passed it on as their own, then it would be solely the responsiblity of the Author. The site is non-profit and since that is the case, they arent responsible for hiring people to make SURE that the story was in fact written by the Author or plaguarized. I think the site would be out of harms way on all of it... They monitor it as good as anyone can possibly monitor it, and they are volunteers for the site... NO ONE gets paid to check everything out. When an Author posts something and doesnt name another person as the Author, then they are making the staff and members THINK they wrote it, and it is their baby... not the sites... |
Date: 1/26/2002 1:16:00 AM
From Authorid: 16705
you tell me i'm not too smart with law stuff but i trust USM i din't think they would do that to us. Hamb918  |
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Date: 1/26/2002 9:15:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 19273
Thanks for the responses, guys! They've been pretty interesting. |
