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Old July 26th 04, 08:06 PM
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When additional copyright protected information is included in these
reports it is not OK to take my material.

If someone gets these reports on their own and posts them here - fine.
But it is NOT OK when they take my material and post it as well -
without my permission.


"Jim Oberg" wrote in message ...
It's good manners to acknowledge sources, although I've been on both the
giving and receiving ends of oversights on this practice. Since Keith steals
them fair and square, it might not be fair to steal them in turn from him.
Just joking -- I recommend a policy that encourages and rewards good
investigators with good sources, and that involves proper stroking of those
who accomplish these openings. Since it is a government document not subject
to copyright, redistributing it has no legal constraints -- but a message
stating, "Source: www.spaceref.com" or some such URL (such as the precise
URL of the document on Keith's site), would be polite. Now, Keith also
realizes that he is not the ONLY conduit for these leaks (no further details
will be offered), but since he 'tagged' the text with changes of his own,
that DID get passed along, he has a strong case that these reports ARE
coming from his site. He realizes, I also believe, that he does NOT have to
post the items on his site (i.e., publish a link to them on his front page)
for diligent researchers to FIND them there, too.