Re: Not a CD-ROM, but a book

Tim Pierce (twpierce@midway.uchicago.edu)
Fri, 12 May 95 9:36:37 CDT

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> I noticed a new book titled "Best of the Net" "by" Seth Grodin (sp?) in the
> stores. It seemed to consist of two page spreads on various topic interests,
> with a few paragraphs of original text, but the bulk being material taken
> directly from FAQs (at least in my case for Comics).
> ...
> It's not as strong a matter as a CD-ROM including the entire text of a FAQ;
> one could probably make a case under fair use for the amount of text from
> any single FAQ included. However, the idea of a non-FAQ keeper making bucks
> off what amounts to excerpts from FAQs without asking permission somewhat
> sticks in my craw.

Seth Godin is an incompetent hack who makes a living
skimming off net resources and putting them down in ink. We
have him to thank also for the Internet White Pages -- which
told me more ways to reach MAILER-DAEMON than I ever wanted
to know -- and "E-mail Addresses of the Rich and Famous,"
which wouldn't do that because it would probably have
misspelled MAILER-DAEMON.

If I weren't so lazy, I would probably compose a serious
complaint letter and send it to all of the publishers who
continue to suckle him.

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