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| Reply To: | The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky |
| Date: | Mon, 9 Jun 1997 01:06:06 -0700 |
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Don Brayton wrote:
> Did Chomsky copyright his writings?
_Necessary Illusions_ says this after the copyright notice: "Copyrights
are required for book production in the United States. However, in our
case, it is a disliked necessity. Thus, any properly footnoted quotation
of up to 500 sequential words may be used without permission, as long as
the total number of words quoted does not exceed 2000. For longer
quotations or for a greater number of words quoted, permission from the
publisher is required."
It simply isn't true that copyrights are required for book production.
Many anarchists (e.g., Bob Black, Hakim Bey, John Zerzan, Anarchy: A
Journal of Desire Armed) specifically put an "anti-copyright" on their
work, modeled after the Situationists who did this in France in the 60s.
The notice usually also gives permission to use the material in any way,
including without citing the source. Then they ask to be informed and an
address follows. It would be cool if Chomsky did this, but he is more
mainstream than those who do, and his publishers probably wouldn't allow
it. -- They are usually small compared to the giants, but not exactly
Loompanics or Autonomedia!
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