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Copyright is implicit once you publish a paper. You do not have to declare anything, the fact that you wrote it and published it gives copyright. I don't have to post the copyright information on it. And since I didn't put it on the site, or send it to the site owner, I couldn't have put it in the paper even if I had wanted to.
So in effect, yes, you broke my copyright by downloading and printing that paper. And, if I were charging money for that paper, I could sue you and the owner of the site you got it from. Technically I could do it now, but I'd have a hard time showing damages.
My point was not to charge, or to stop people from reading the paper. My point was just that it was illegal. And that there are legal ways to get the paper.
As for making a profit off the book -- I try very very hard NOT to self-promote DBA 101 on this list. I will respond to someone else's comments on it (thank you for buying it) but I rarely if ever will say "hey, my book has the answer on page ...."
And is it on my resume? Yes, buried down at the very end. Along with the fact that I have an OCP certificate. Neither of these means I can do the job someone wants me to do. The tech interview proves that. Or not.
I got my last 3 jobs without mention of the books I've written.
Now.... as for Steve Adams, he HAS written a book: Oracle8i Internal Services for Waits, Latches, Locks and Memory for O'Reilly
Rachel
>From: Glenn Travis <c-glenn.travis_at_wcom.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: LOT (Little OT): Interesting Oracle related URL's.
>Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 08:57:11 -0800
>
>I have a question on this topic. How do you know of a paper is
>copyrighted?
>I downloaded the DBA 101 page and printed it so I could usefully benefit
>from it. Was that wrong? Am I a lawbreaker now? There was no information
>anywhere which said it was copyrighted and could not be re-printed without
>permission, ... et.al. So how do we distinguish copyright material and
>not?
>Is every web page copyrighted? Just because Mr. Spence and others have a
>web page with tehcnical opinions and information, are those now
>copyrighted?
>I think this is a slippery slope we are walking here. 'Copyrighted'
>carries
>a heavy annotation with it. Careful how you use it. So, what is the rule
>on web pages with no (c) or warnings in the paper?
>
>On another topic, I DO believe that you make alot more money writing a
>technical book. Even though Rachel, and others on this list, may not
>benefit from royalities, they surely will benefit from having that on their
>resume. No doubt you can charge a higher rate or salary from having
>published material. In all comes from experience. Higher education ->
>higher pay. More experience on the job -> higher pay. Book author in your
>specific field and job duties -> higher pay. If not, you should
>re-negotiate.
>
>
>FWIW, I own copies of Rachel's book and Velpuri's book and Sarin's book and
>Devraj's book and Ault's book and ...
>
>Steve A. , when are you going to write a book and give us all a brain dump
>of your texpertise?
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:32 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>WOWWWWW! I come in and find this thread..
>
>Well, what can I say? My links section seems to be going down the pan :)
>
>Can I clarify something then please guys - it IS illegal to post an authors
>paper to your web page with out their prior permission.. Got that.. Wasn't
>planning to do it either - yet :)
>
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-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: carmichr_at_hotmail.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Received on Fri Jun 08 2001 - 13:32:11 CDT
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