Klarinet Archive - Posting 000387.txt from 2009/01

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Copyright Rant
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:43:55 -0500

On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:31:32 -0500, Alexander Brash
<brash@-----.edu> wrote:
> Why so serious Mr. Fay!
>

That's not really so hard to figure out, is it? Copyright is an
extremely complex area of law -- one which deserves serious treatment --
and one in which there is a VAST amount of dangerous folkloric knowledge
(that is, "everybody knows that..." or "my friend told me that..."),
virtually all of which is utterly and completely wrong. Kevin presented
factual information, based on real experience within his field of
expertise, and you dismissed it with:

> you're completely wrong, but I don't have the time to explain it right
> now - when I get some time on the airplane.

This is the Fermat style of proof: "I've discovered a wonderful proof of
this, but the margin is too small to contain it."

> I do apologize for my one - liner, it would have been far more
> appropriate for me to simply have waited until I could type up my
> entire argument with references, this is entirely my fault and bad.
> However, your note brings up an important point that many people on
> this list struggle with - namely that you do not understand how to
> properly conduct an argument (which is amazing for someone with your
> degree and legal experience).

I disagree. This was not a debate over opinions on a matter of
philosophy. This was a presentation of fact -- correcting the popular
misunderstanding. It is unfortunate that you have now abandoned your
argument, once having been presented with Kevin's credentials.

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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