Re: FAQ copyright violation

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Fred Burke (fburke@ccnet.com)
Fri, 26 Jul 1996 23:34:25 -0700 (PDT)


On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Perry Rovers wrote:

> Mastering the Internet from Sybex had some 100 pages of my ftp sitelist
> (10% of the book). They had asked permission to use some of the material
> and promised to send me a complimentary copy. I wasn't amused to see that
> they had used so much and didn't bother to send me a copy. I mailed the
> authors about this and apparently the copies either got lost or something
> else went wrong. When the new version came they put the ftp sitelist on the
> companion cd-rom (much better than in the book) and send me 2 copies of the
> book.

I would contact the publishers of the book. After all, why should they
pay someone else for your information? If you point it out pleasantly,
you may get your *own* book...

Fred Burke

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