Re: Collecting Salinger
Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 08:09:54 -0400
On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 10:28:59AM -0400, Mattis Fishman wrote:
> Regarding posting the uncollected/underpublished stories on
> this list, I am surprised that Tim O'Connor, the list owner, has not
> spoken up.
>
> Not presuming to speak with authority, I would simply like to
> point out a paragraph in the welcome message we all receive upon
> subscribing:
>
> Please do not post copyrighted material to the list. Anyone who
> does so will be permanently removed from this list. "Bananafish"
> exists to discuss an author's work, not to steal anybody's
> intellectual property.
Thanks, Mattis! I was in the hospital, but the transplant of typing
fingers took rather well!
The online archive of this list has a welcome page that contains
pointers to the US laws governing copyright. People can consult the
page (http://www.nyu.edu/acf/staff/oconnort/JDS/) to browse through the
laws.
As Mattis said, please do not mail copies of the stories (or other work,
such as letters) to this list. We would almost certainly find outselves
in a difficult spot, and could possibly be required to shut down. I
would not want that to happen; certainly most readers here wouldn't want
that to happen.
If you have a copy of a story and you share it with someone who has no
access to research materials, that may fall under "fair use" (see the US
law cited above to determine if you are in that category).
But it is not "fair use" to use this list to distribute the manuscripts.
The Salinger people carefully watch for illicit distribution of
material, and take action promptly -- and rightfully so. Salinger owns
the content. We can swap privately or do favors for each other, but we
are not in the business of running a publishing mill here of Salinger's
un- or underpublished work.
Please respect the terms under which you joined this list, and don't do
that.
Cheers!
--tim o'connor