New Unauthorized Babylon 5 Book Out
Writer R5
St. Mark's Comics. Here is the book info:
An Uncensored Guide, The Unauthorized, Uncensored Guide for Fans of Babylon 5
"Inside Babylon.
Written by Hal Schuster
Self Published: Contact halsc...@hotmail.com
$19.95 US
Fans might find it of interest. If you live in New York City, it is available
at Saint Mark's Comics (no relation) on Chambers Street between Greenwhich
Street and West Broadway in Tribeca.
Mark A. Rivera
Jms at B5
(notify me first so we don't have ten folks sending copies in, and wasting
their time), because this book apparently uses vast tracts of my internet
postings, which is a gross violation of my copyright. I've given permission to
use my postings on other internet systems, but never to be used in a book or to
be sold for profit.
Under my AOL agreement, and my CIS agreement, and the electronic copyright
acts, these public postings are my express property and cannot be used without
my permission.
This applies to magazines as well as books. To anyone else thinking of
poaching -- and we had to deal with a UK publisher on this very issue lately,
and won -- the copyright to this material will be vigorously protected, so
don't even *think* about using it and selling my words for your profit.
These are freely provided, to fans, for their private and non-profit use, with
my permission. NO permission is granted for anyone or anything else.
I fully intend to bring suit against Mr. Schuster for copyright infringement.
>A new unauthorized Babylon 5 book was released recently. I bought it in NYC
>at
>St. Mark's Comics. Here is the book info:
>
>An Uncensored Guide, The Unauthorized, Uncensored Guide for Fans of Babylon 5
>"Inside Babylon.
jms
(jms...@aol.com)
B5 Official Fan Club at:
http://www.thestation.com
Adam Bailey
(Jms at B5) wrote:
> Under my AOL agreement, and my CIS agreement, and the electronic copyright
> acts, these public postings are my express property and cannot be used without
> my permission.
> [snip]
> These are freely provided, to fans, for their private and non-profit use, with
> my permission. NO permission is granted for anyone or anything else.
>
> I fully intend to bring suit against Mr. Schuster for copyright infringement.
This should make for very interesting legal precedent. There hasn't been a
whole lot of groundwork laid on the rights attached to public
decentralized forums such as this.
I'm in your court on this one. Good luck. Please keep us informed (as much
as your lawyers will let you).
--
Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois
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ada...@aol.com | confidence." - George Bernard Shaw
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David Stinson
In article <adamb-13029...@adamb.xnet.com>, ad...@lull.org (Adam Bailey) wrote:
>In article <19990213002538...@ng17.aol.com>, jms...@aol.com
>(Jms at B5) wrote:
>
>> Under my AOL agreement, and my CIS agreement, and the electronic copyright
>> acts, these public postings are my express property and cannot be used
> without
>> my permission.
>> [snip]
>> These are freely provided, to fans, for their private and non-profit use,
> with
>> my permission. NO permission is granted for anyone or anything else.
>>
>> I fully intend to bring suit against Mr. Schuster for copyright infringement.
>
>This should make for very interesting legal precedent. There hasn't been a
>whole lot of groundwork laid on the rights attached to public
>decentralized forums such as this.
>
>I'm in your court on this one. Good luck. Please keep us informed (as much
>as your lawyers will let you).
Actually there has. The copyright codes were rewritten a few years ago to
include electronic media.
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Joe Schulte
: In article <adamb-13029...@adamb.xnet.com>, ad...@lull.org (Adam Bailey) wrote:
: >In article <19990213002538...@ng17.aol.com>, jms...@aol.com
: >(Jms at B5) wrote:
: >
: >> Under my AOL agreement, and my CIS agreement, and the electronic copyright
: >> acts, these public postings are my express property and cannot be used
: > without
: >> my permission.
: >> [snip]
: >> These are freely provided, to fans, for their private and non-profit use,
: > with
: >> my permission. NO permission is granted for anyone or anything else.
: >>
: >> I fully intend to bring suit against Mr. Schuster for copyright infringement.
: >
: >This should make for very interesting legal precedent. There hasn't been a
: >whole lot of groundwork laid on the rights attached to public
: >decentralized forums such as this.
: >
: >I'm in your court on this one. Good luck. Please keep us informed (as much
: >as your lawyers will let you).
: Actually there has. The copyright codes were rewritten a few years ago to
: include electronic media.
So...does this mean that the book will be pulled off the shelves? If
that's the case, would it become a collectors item?
(Just call me a vulture)
-Airey,N.J.
years ago). He's not the type to pay (IMHO) any notice of official
lawyer letters, so if you're serious, be prepared for a major fight.
Jean Airey
(Of course, the fact that he's decided that B5 is ready for pirating
is interesting! A pecularly unwelcome form of flattery.)
In article <7ac7db$6g7$1...@earth.execpc.com>,
Jms at B5
has agreed to remove the copyrighted material from all future copies of the
book.
Stephen Dray
>acts, these public postings are my express property and cannot be used
without
>my permission.
>
>poaching -- and we had to deal with a UK publisher on this very issue
lately,
>and won -- the copyright to this material will be vigorously protected, so
>don't even *think* about using it and selling my words for your profit.
>
leew
: In article <19990213002538...@ng17.aol.com>, jms...@aol.com
: (Jms at B5) wrote:
:
: > acts, these public postings are my express property and cannot be used without
: > my permission.
: > These are freely provided, to fans, for their private and non-profit use, with
: > my permission. NO permission is granted for anyone or anything else.
: >
: > I fully intend to bring suit against Mr. Schuster for copyright infringement.
:
: whole lot of groundwork laid on the rights attached to public
: decentralized forums such as this.
:
: I'm in your court on this one. Good luck. Please keep us informed (as much
: as your lawyers will let you).
:
information he pulled of the internet. The "Making of quantum Leap" book
was about 90% taken from online FAQs , episode guides and such.
: --
: Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois
: ad...@lull.org | "Logic is the art of going wrong with
: ada...@aol.com | confidence." - George Bernard Shaw
: Finger for PGP | http://www.lull.org/adam/
:
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Jay Denebeim
leew <le...@smtp.goodnet.com> wrote:
>: In article <19990213002538...@ng17.aol.com>, jms...@aol.com
>: (Jms at B5) wrote:
>: > I fully intend to bring suit against Mr. Schuster for copyright infringement.
>This isn't the first book by Schuster that has consisted mainly of
>information he pulled of the internet. The "Making of quantum Leap"
>book was about 90% taken from online FAQs , episode guides and such.
Oh? Interesting. Hope he's got deep pockets because he's gonna
lose.
Anyway, this case will be interesting, AFAIK nobody has brought a
copyright suit over usenet. It will be good if this goes to trial
there's no case law about it.
Jay
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