Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 23:15:12 EST From: tINK blots Subject: TECH: WD comments on FNASR [in Dec. 1994, we had a similar discussion, and I consulted the Writers Digest...Bruce Wood responded...I never posted because the discussion moved on, but I did save my piece on it...for whatever it is worth...tink] During the discussion of archiving, publication, etc., Writers' Digest was mentioned. Since the Jan. 95 volume mentioned their online writers' groups with exchange of materials, critiquing, and suggestions, I asked them for comments. Here are the key parts of that exchange. tink -+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+= (excerpt of my letter to them) - Since WD appears to have online workshops with exchange of materials, - critiquing, and suggestions, may I ask whether you have thought about - the legal implications of such workshops? How do you avoid having - such "electronic publication" damage the potential for use of the - materials in other markets? - I believe the key question is what separates an online workshop from - online publication? Or, perhaps more easily answered, do publishers - in general consider electronic workshops as electronic publication? (excerpt from their response) - From: WritersDig@eworld.com - X-Mailer: AOS Mailer - Sender: "WritersDig" - Message-Id: <9412191336.tn26231@eworld.com> - To: mbarker@MIT.EDU - Date: Mon, 19 Dec 94 13:36:28 PST - Subject: Thanks for the note, Mike... - ...I'm afraid I can't offer much in the way of elucidation. - - In short, I don't think anybody can say they've lost FNASR because - of online presentation of their work in *any* form, simply because the - rules have yet to be thoroughly hashed out. I consider email as safe - in this sense as the electronic media can get. Feel free to share my - comments, but with the caveat that the bottom line is simply, nobody - knows yet! - I'd be interested to hear how the discussion develops. - Bruce Woods -+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=