Re: Asimov Site

[Sandra Warnken <warnken@mother.com>]

Yes it is sensible in sensitive areas to have rules that prohibit visitors
taking bits away.  The petrified forest is not herbaceous so I don't think
generalizing this one instance of taking rocks to forests is applicable.

I think that any place that is made available to the public because of
it's special rocks would not allow taking them.  You may be able to buy
them from the tourist store.  

This should apply to copyright.  A person who went to the trouble of
copyrighting their product should have that respected.  It's not his or
her *** choice *** that you are chosing to keep the computer that uses it.  

Sandy


On 27 Aug 2000, Paul Schlyter wrote:

> In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000826103630.1365D-100000@step.mother.com>,
> Sandra Warnken  <warnken@mother.com> wrote:
>  
> > It is a common problem for tourists to take rocks from the petrified
> > forest in Arizona.  To prevent the disappearance of the forest, so
> > there would be something for future tourists to see, a law was enacted
> > that made it illegal to take rocks from the park.  Every little bit counts
> > when a reasource is finite.  It's also the same with endangered wildlife
> > and rare plants.  Walking off with a piece might not seem harmful, but
> > with many pieces being taken it becomes a big loss.
>  
> In sensitive areas this is of course a very sensible rule.  But what
> about any forest area?  Is it generally illegal to take pebbles from
> any wood in the US?  If you pick up a pebble from someone's private
> property, does that count as stealing?  May it land you in jail?
>  
> > Sandy
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 26 Aug 2000, Paul Schlyter wrote:
> > 
> >> In article <967237775.39a6e08f725d6@webmail.cotse.com>,
> >>  <penman@N-o_s-p-a-m-cotse.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>  
> >> > Wonderful. So now we know that the Commodore newsgroups have folk
> >> > who tolerate piracy.  This is evolving?  Evolving would be to have
> >> > a little respect for the property of others--which copyright is.
> >>  
> >>  
> >>         "Imagine no possesions
> >>          I wonder if you can
> >>          No need for greed or hunger
> >>          A brotherhood of man"
> >>  
> >>             John Lennon
> >>  
> >> 
> >> It becomes particularly pathetic when people argue about ownership of
> >> stuff which no longer have any value.
> >> 
> >> So the next time you're out hiking somewhere, and you want to pick up
> >> a stick or a stone -- stop!  Do you really have the right to steal
> >> stuff that's not yours?  Shouldn't you ask the landowner for permission
> >> before you pick it up?  Yes, that stick or stone is worthless, but
> >> as we've seen so many times in this newsgroup, ownership issues are
> >> just as important for worthless items -- it's the PRINCIPLE which counts
> >> to some, not the value of the items....
> >> 
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> Paul Schlyter,  Swedish Amateur Astronomer's Society (SAAF)
> Grev Turegatan 40,  S-114 38 Stockholm,  SWEDEN
> e-mail:  pausch at saaf dot se   or    paul.schlyter at ausys dot se
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