Not a CD-ROM, but a book

Tom Galloway (tyg@valhalla.HQ.ileaf.com)
Thu, 11 May 95 18:36:46 EDT

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I noticed a new book titled "Best of the Net" "by" Seth Grodin (sp?) in the
stores. It seemed to consist of two page spreads on various topic interests,
with a few paragraphs of original text, but the bulk being material taken
directly from FAQs (at least in my case for Comics). On the plus side, there's
what I assume is a FAQ-keeper credit list way up in the front of the book
(part of my assumption is due to there being two names listed with "(comics)"
next to them; myself and the former FAQ-keeper who I keep a credit for
next to my own in the FAQ). On the minus side, since the bulk of the book
is made up of FAQ material, it would've been nice to send out copies, as
well as at least offer FAQ keepers the opportunity to pick what parts of the
FAQ are included and write the material about their area of interest (the
Comics section is not what I would've picked to have given an idea of the
FAQ or rec.arts.comics). Credit where the material actually appears would've
also have been nice.

It's not as strong a matter as a CD-ROM including the entire text of a FAQ;
one could probably make a case under fair use for the amount of text from
any single FAQ included. However, the idea of a non-FAQ keeper making bucks
off what amounts to excerpts from FAQs without asking permission somewhat
sticks in my craw.

tyg tyg@hq.ileaf.com

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