SC - Borrowing (was Ginestada)

Jenne Heise jenne at tulgey.browser.net
Wed Jul 12 08:37:52 PDT 2000


> > I guess copyright was a pretty flexible thing back then... 
> I think "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" was one of the mottos 
> of the publishing industry back then.

Yup. Copyright is an invented concept that's postperiod, though certain
forms of plagarism were frowned on. (Others were encouraged: footnoting
was a pretty rare in those days.)

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
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