Re: Copyright concerns and other diversions Message-ID: <199608112019.NAA14909@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[P3D John Bercovitz <bercov@xxxxxxxxxx> To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I don't think we want to go there, sorry. 

Here are the legit topics from the charter: 

> Topics:
> 3D art
> 3D equipment and products, both commercial and home-brew > 3D personal experiences
> 3D techniques
> 3D theory
>
> Media:
> 3D photographic stills and movies
> 3D television
> 3D computer graphics

I appreciate that you exercised tact in formulating your message but this is still no place for copyright law as applied to other members of the list. Occasionally it is fine to discuss copyright as it applies to 3D, but not when the object is to smoke someone on this list. The Hague we ain't. 

It is also no place for vituperation or character assasination which is where another thread appears to want to go soon enough. 

I understand the extreme frustration of life in modern times but photo-3d is supposed to be a sort of refuge from all that. I would greatly appreciate it if we could make a strong effort to maintain our "kinder and gentler" status. 

For these two threads respectively, there is a mailing list for copyright law and there is alt.flame, where you can say what you _really_ feel, and if don't feel anything, it's OK 'cause you can make something up. 8-) 

Thanks,
John B
moderator (one of many)


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