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! > > -- > --------------------------------------------------- > Dan Clore > > The Website of Lord We˙rdgliffe: > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9879/index.html > Welcome to the Waughters.... > > The Dan Clore Necronomicon Page: > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9879/necpage.htm > Because the true mysteries cannot be profaned.... > > "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!" >