Guest guest Posted August 4, 1999 Report Share Posted August 4, 1999 Hello Everyone ! Swami Yogeshananda Hari Om! RE: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 21:45:28 -0600 Westend Ashram at Colorado Springs <urbanashram Re: JAPA You mean, those novels I had to read in high school were illegal???? :-) -- Karen > > PS: Re Copyright.......Have you noticed how 'touchy' the > Americans are concerning this ?.....and yet, they are > the 'masters' of copywrite violation. During the last > century, their flagrant disregard of British Copyright > Laws, was made obvious by the many lakhs of 'bootleg' > editions published in USA, of the works of the celebrated > British Author, Charles Dickens. Dear Karen, Because the 'Yanks' didn't 'recognize' the British Copyrights, I would imagine that they didn't feel that they were doing anything illegal. However, Mr. Dickens had other ideas. Here is a brief quote from Encyclopaedia Brittanica: _________________ " An unjust copyright law, or one which he at any rate thought very unjust, had enabled Americans to pirate his most popular works; and it would seem that the people he met [on his visit to America] were, in their breezy way, but little inclined to apologize for the anomaly. There were things in the American culture, or lack of culture, which he could not be expected to understand but which he might reasonably be expected to dislike. " __________________ But that was a long, long time ago, Karen....don't feel any guilt. We Americans, [although Canadian born, I am also an American citizen, by virtue of my American-born mother] have changed our 'breezy' ways, since the days of Charles Dickens ! om shanthi om Tom ____ 123India - India's Premier Search Engine Get your Free Email Account at http://www.123india.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 1999 Report Share Posted August 5, 1999 ------- Start of forwarded message ------- #154-Illegal Studies ramakrishna <omtatsat 04 Aug 1999 11:40:17 PDT Hello Everyone ! Swami Yogeshananda Hari Om! RE: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 21:45:28 -0600 Westend Ashram at Colorado Springs <urbanashram Re: JAPA You mean, those novels I had to read in high school were illegal???? :-) -- Karen > > PS: Re Copyright.......Have you noticed how 'touchy' the > Americans are concerning this ?.....and yet, they are > the 'masters' of copywrite violation. During the last > century, their flagrant disregard of British Copyright > Laws, was made obvious by the many lakhs of 'bootleg' > editions published in USA, of the works of the celebrated > British Author, Charles Dickens. Dear Karen, Because the 'Yanks' didn't 'recognize' the British Copyrights, I would imagine that they didn't feel that they were doing anything illegal. However, Mr. Dickens had other ideas. Here is a brief quote from Encyclopaedia Brittanica: _________________ " An unjust copyright law, or one which he at any rate thought very unjust, had enabled Americans to pirate his most popular works; and it would seem that the people he met [on his visit to America] were, in their breezy way, but little inclined to apologize for the anomaly. There were things in the American culture, or lack of culture, which he could not be expected to understand but which he might reasonably be expected to dislike. " __________________ But that was a long, long time ago, Karen....don't feel any guilt. We Americans, [although Canadian born, I am also an American citizen, by virtue of my American-born mother] have changed our 'breezy' ways, since the days of Charles Dickens ! om shanthi om Tom ____ 123India - India's Premier Search Engine Get your Free Email Account at http://www.123india.com ------- End of forwarded message ------- ____ 123India - India's Premier Search Engine Get your Free Email Account at http://www.123india.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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