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Originally Posted by BubbleGuy
I was trying to point out that taking the work of others from the Internet and placing it on another web page is wrong. I contacted Patricia Bunnell and found out her comments about freely taking work from the Internet had been taken out of context. Check what I posted and you will find that I didn't say anyone on the Clown-Forum was passing off the work of others as their own. Nor was I attacking anyone. I was merely asking why they had used the material without permission.
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I have been trying to hold back from posting anything further but with the request for a public apology (if I am not mistaken) from Duckie I really feel the need to comment on this.
BubbleGuy: Placing others work on a web page for purposes of scholarship is not wrong. It would be if the authors were not given credit but
Fair Use (see my other post) covers Fitzwillys post. You can nicely ask for your stuff not to be posted but that's really all you can do. I am sure Fitz would have taken it down if you had made a polite request though.
You say you were not attacking anyone but how exactly did you feel your original post should have been answered? Could it have been fairly answered by Fitz? In my opinion no. To me, you publicly called out Fitz with a passive aggressive post and continue to post as if your behavior was perfectly acceptable. It wasn't.
I don't know you so I would not dream of judging your character on this one incident however your post was offensive to me, and other clowns here who have publicly stated it and now you've requested a public apology from Duckie? How about an apology from you for your passive aggressive post that upset several of us? Personally I can easily let go of things so I am not truly requesting such a gesture from you. If this happens again some place else I hope you will handle it differently.
Jeremy