[thingist] T&C

[James Allan]

Better them than a stoned Rhine cowboy I suppose (here goes)  :)

The reason is asked was that archives may have a problem with
accepting collections without a clear transfer of copyright. Of
course, after we've been dead 50 or 70 years Wolfgang will be free to
exploit the vast commercial potential of the work. The Thing is dead.
Long live the Thing!

On 11 October 2010 23:09, Keith Sanborn <mrzero at panix.com> wrote:
> Fuckin' A. It's about time those Rhine maidens showed some respect for the Treasure of the Thingelungs!!!
>
>
> On Oct 11, 2010, at 3:38 PM, w wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 13:13 +0100, James Allan wrote:
>>> It looks like the history is being recorded but I wonder about the
>>> email archive; particularly who owns it since this may be a key point
>>> when it comes time to archiving it.
>>>
>>> Wolfgang, are you the, ahem, proud owner of my intellectual property?
>>
>> ahem, i wish i had made the same terms of service that governed
>> participation in rhizome.  mark tribe now owns every intellectual and
>> artistic new media fart ever published by them.  can't wait to see some
>> of it show up on a kellogg's ceral box...  but that would still be small
>> change compared to what alberich, lord of the internet rings, is doing:
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/opinion/10dowd.html?_r=1&ref=maureendowd
>>
>> now that guy... don't get me started, i might piss off caspar again and
>> he has to screen some videos tonight at white slab.  i usually don't
>> care much for maureen dowd, but here she's written a fine piece for a
>> change.
>>
>> your intellectual property is save, i have thrown it back into the rhine
>> and it is carefully watched over by the rhine maidens.  soon enough the
>> curtain will lift and the treasure will be visible again for the whole
>> world to see and remain accessible for scholarly delectation.
>>
>> as a special privilege for the distinguished members of the list,
>> a preview can be seen here:  http://bbs.thing.net
>>
>> login: thing
>> pw: newyork
>>
>> as soon as walter gets to set up the helix server, so the videos and
>> audio stuff works again, we will open it to the public.
>>
>>> (Btw, the delays in moderation do little to facilitate activity on the
>>> list. It's like playing tennis by post).
>>
>> look, you really don't want to get all the spam that is posted to the
>> list.  i am basically a janitor.  it's better this way, believe me.  if
>> you want it the other way, there sill is the 7/11 list.
>> ooops, no, it's up for sale: http://www.7-11.org/
>> oh well...  i guess times change after all.
>>
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