Re: [NTLK] LOTR (Lord of the Rings) in Newton Book format

From: David Orriss Jr (dave_at_davenet.net)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 12:51:03 EST


As an aside I find this discussion interesting because I was able to
download the LOTR ebooks in Palm DOC format for free from one of the better
ebook sites. So, I'm *not sure* what the official word is on Tolkien's
books. It may be that his son put them into the public domain.... Perhaps
it wouldn't be a bad idea to get a definitive answer on this....?

At 04:51 AM 11/1/2001 -0800, you wrote:

>Newtonians,
>
>Okay, I know this is gonna come across as a flame, but
>understand that I really am not intending it as such.
>I am completely amazed at the level of acceptance from
>this list of what is, from what I can tell, disregard
>of copyright--this being the same list that will, on
>the slightest hint of someone disregarding SOFTWARE
>copyright, attack with a vengence.
>
>I have several texts on my newton which are
>copyrighted and which I didn't pay for so I am not
>displaying moral righteousness, just plain ol'
>amazement. I mean, doesn't it seem kinda odd that we
>freak over trying to hunt down someone to pay for
>software they no longer care about, and yet we have no
>trouble distributing Tolkien's life's work?
>
>Joe
>
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>Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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