Hi all
Could I please ask that you always acknowledge the ORIGINAL AUTHOR
when you quote material from previous messages? This may save
misunderstandings etc. Also, copyright exists in everything you
write that is original, which basically means that quoting messages
without proper acknowledgement is plagiarism, and may even constitute
breach of copyright, depending on how the information is used. If
someone was mad enough to compile our trip report and make them into
a book (no way - I'M not getting involved in something that scary!)
they would clearly have to obtain permission from the original
authors, who could justifiably claim some compensation for the use of
their work!
On a similar matter, it is a breach of courtesy to forward comments
to this forum that were originally intended as PRIVATE messages -
unless of course you check with the author. It can also have
unpleasant outcomes if the original author is offended by their
comments being aired publicly. this has happened quite a few times
on Birding-Aus - please avoid this in future.
On a lighter note, how come nobody has suggested donating all the
cannon nets to the winegrowers - that would kill two birds with one
..... no, I'll leave it right there ....
Russell Woodford
PS Flame me PRIVATELY
about that last comment!
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