Klarinet Archive - Posting 000134.txt from 2000/08

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stoker`s Unfortunates (formerly Facial Ex.)
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 07:21:36 -0400

Neil,
I`m sorry, I don`t see any laughter or humour in Keith Deutsch`s letter to
Noel Stoker. So why indeed should anyone else be able to see humour, albeit
that that person is a copyright authority. Am I missing another angle to
this debate?
Cheers,
Tony W.

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Facial exercises?

> > Wasn`t it the editor who was hoping to continue publishing the books,
but
> > couldn`t, due to public domain-ness. Therefore no possible royalty
accrue-
> > ment? Therefore "unfortunately".
>
> Geez, people. Get a sense of humor! He wasn't laughing at the inequities
> of copyright issues. As you all know by now, Mark's quite a budding
little
> intellectual property authority, so it's hardly justified to accuse him of
> having an uninformed perspective. The "unfortunately", interpreted by
some-
> body who actually has a funny bone in their body, could be humorously seen
> to imply that Stoker's other works weren't very good, adding bad
aesthetics
> to the problem of discontinued royalties. It's not that they really
*aren't*
> very good -- I'm sure Stoker was a great writer and that his other
writings
> are as enjoyable as his magnum opus. Can't a guy poke a little semantic
fun
> every now & then without being righteously mauled?
>
> Neil

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