On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Dan Clore wrote:

> 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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