Volume 3, No. 8: "This is the final issue in the free-access format. Remember, we are on hiatus for September and October, resuming with the November/December issue for paying subscribers. And also remember that access to future issues of the Crime and Suspense ezine will be only for paid subscribers.
But in this issue, we have stories from Warren Bull, Agnes Dee, Jean M. Medeiros, Gary R. Hoffman, Connie Ferdon, John M. Floyd and Rosemary and Larry Mild. We also have an interview with Elmore Leonard, conducted by Dorinda Ohnstad, and reviews of Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues by Kevin Tipple as well as of Bad Luck and Trouble by Wil Emerson."
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Oddly, the Elmore Leonard entry is gone. I started reading it, my computer crashed, and I restarted and went back to it, and then, where the article was before, a mostly blank page.
Here's the URL with the message:
http://www.crimeandsuspense.com/Current%20Stories/07-08/Interview_with_Elmore_Leonard.pdf
It just said it's been "removed from the website."
Do you know why? Does it exist elsewhere? It was good while it lasted!
I have no idea what could have happened. Weird.
Very disappointing.
Ah, yes. Well, we had a pic of Mr. Leonard, from his website banner, as part of the original story. After all, we were promoting him, right?
His webmaster contacted us, demanding that we remove the picture as it was "his" and copyrighted. (Never mind that there was no copyright notice and that it hasn't been registered with the USCO.)
So, I removed it, and placed a brief notice as to why. Nothing snide, just that the webmaster had some copyright concerns. Well, within minutes the webmaster had contacted me again, being abusive and berating me for telling people WHY I removed the picture.
I got tired of all the crap and simply removed the review, to avoid further contention. Later, after talking with Dorinda, I restored the interview, which is copyrighted to HER, and removed all pictures or links to Mr. Leonard's website. I didn't want to have any more hassles.
The whole thing would have been a positive thing for Mr. Elmore if his webmaster had not been abusive and demanding. But, the interview is there now, without any images or linkbacks to Mr. Leonard's site.
Tony Burton
Editor, Crime and Suspense
Thanks for the explanation, Tony. And for the interview!
I'm glad this guy came to his senses. What ridiculousness.
By the way, here's a link to Brad Templeton on the fact that you don't need a copyright notice:
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
QUOTE: 1) "If it doesn't have a copyright notice, it's not copyrighted."
This was true in the past, but today almost all major nations follow the Berne copyright convention. For example, in the USA, almost everything created privately and originally after April 1, 1989 is copyrighted and protected whether it has a notice or not. The default you should assume for other people's works is that they are copyrighted and may not be copied unless you know otherwise. There are some old works that lost protection without notice, but frankly you should not risk it unless you know for sure.
It is true that a notice strengthens the protection, by warning people, and by allowing one to get more and different damages, but it is not necessary. If it looks copyrighted, you should assume it is. This applies to pictures, too. You may not scan pictures from magazines and post them to the net, and if you come upon something unknown, you shouldn't post that either.END QUOTE
Does the guy really think he can put up some other guy's photo for free like it's his and then get all huffy when the guy says something?
I'll google Elmore Leonard's website...no biggie. Grow up.
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