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Bullshit. If you write something and publish it to the world, you can't just take it back. You can edit it, publish corrections, or clarify your position, but y
by nkohari 16y ago
Bullshit. If you write something and publish it to the world, you can't just take it back. You can edit it, publish corrections, or clarify your position, but you can't un-publish something unless you get lucky and no one noticed before you deleted it.
Adams has been on the internet long enough to know better. And honestly, he's made a habit of putting his foot in his mouth in the past few years. It was just a matter of time before he said something really stupid, like this.
Honestly, what shocks me the most is that he doesn't have some sort of editorial review process. The man undoubtedly has a publicist of some sort... for someone that well known to have no one between him and the publish button is completely insane.
- cosgroveb 16y agoArguably reproducing his entire blog post verbatim violates his copyright...
- user9756 16y agoI'd say this could fall under fair use... :)
- cosgroveb 16y agoIt could be certainly. Fair use is determined on a case by case basis and one of the factors is the amount of the work used in respect to the whole work. He quoted the entire work...
- user9756 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Fair_use_under_United_States_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Fair_use_under_United_... I'm not a lawyer, but it seems the use could constitute educational, in a journalistic sense. Also as the work was deleted it would be hard to argue any lost economical value.