CCL: To begin with computational chemistry

From: steinbrt=rci.rutgers.edu
Subject: CCL: To begin with computational chemistry
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 03:53:21 -0400 (EDT)

 Sent to CCL by: steinbrt(-)rci.rutgers.edu
 Hi all,
 On Tue, May 3, 2011 12:53 pm, Jim Kress ccl_nospam++kressworks.com wrote:
 > Nice try but unresponsive.  You can rationalize evil all you want, but it
 > is still evil.
 Is evil really the right word to use here? Copyright infringement is
 certainly a problem for all authors, but as someone who is both producing
 and using copyrighted works, the lack of some reasonable fair use policy
 is something that bothers me a lot more.
 We all agree that publishers need to make a profit, but the 'leave it to
 the lawyers/MBAs' approach is certainly not the best way to ensure
 people's access to academic and educational knowledge.
 Also: Making a copy of a file you own is *not* theft. It can be (and
 increasingly is these days) against the law, but don't buy the MPAA
 propaganda of copy=murder.
 Dr. Thomas Steinbrecher
 formerly at the
 BioMaps Institute
 Rutgers University
 610 Taylor Rd.
 Piscataway, NJ 08854