tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post8136290416220263882..comments2024-03-19T11:13:40.642-07:00Comments on A Different Perspective: Reviewing Reviews - A Dangerous GameKRandlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06333125414889883920noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-7621514678579623132014-06-11T11:37:23.017-07:002014-06-11T11:37:23.017-07:00This is late and a bit off-topic, but I did notice...This is late and a bit off-topic, but I did notice that your book "Government UFO Files" was given a thumbs down by a guy calling himself 'honest reviewer' on the Amazon website.<br /><br />You did reply to him and it became quite heated, with another reader chipping in as well.<br /><br />When I searched the Amazon reviews I discovered this 'honest' (or 'dishonest' according to viewpoint) reviewer had given a lowly '1-star' review to each and every UFO book he had read! <br /><br />Some guy, eh?cdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005702597775594084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-65830440193970995902014-05-25T17:08:08.429-07:002014-05-25T17:08:08.429-07:00Kevin
What was done an said has already happened...Kevin<br /><br /> What was done an said has already happened so nothing can be done about it, whether its a third party robert got it from or not.<br /><br />Agree with you though he probably shouldnt of brought it up, why? This is just another case of cant attack the policies or substance then attack the character.Al12https://www.blogger.com/profile/04587268951658892242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-21557021054521640402014-05-25T13:45:54.238-07:002014-05-25T13:45:54.238-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.KRandlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333125414889883920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-33115567288987454792014-05-25T13:45:41.885-07:002014-05-25T13:45:41.885-07:00albertguitar -
Thanks for the information on copy...albertguitar -<br /><br />Thanks for the information on copyright and fair use. I threw that in so that no one would think that I blamed Robert for using the information nor that I believed he was in the wrong for using it. In this, as I say, I just wish he hadn't used it, but it was out there to be found.KRandlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333125414889883920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-21368059501332671372014-05-25T08:26:52.480-07:002014-05-25T08:26:52.480-07:00IANAL, but the concept of "fair use" doe...IANAL, but the concept of "fair use" doesn't apply to private correspondence (which has copyright status when written). <br /><br />Writings older than the copyright limit automatically become public domain, but the author may, at any time, allow a work to enter public domain. (Lincolns private letters are, but not Obamas). <br /><br />'Fair Use' allows someone to quote certain passages, with attribution, for such things as reviews, news articles, research papers, etc.<br /><br />'Fair Use' also allows the use of copyright materials for the purpose of satire, a fact not generally known to certain authors, and even some lawyers who should know better.<br /><br />It doesn't matter who published Kevins letter, <i>anyone</i> who uses it without permission is guilty of copyright infringement.<br /><br />I gotta go...alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547680170328747214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-43090834042243928262014-05-25T06:53:04.475-07:002014-05-25T06:53:04.475-07:00CDA -
The third party published it to a couple of...CDA -<br /><br />The third party published it to a couple of sites on the Internet, taking it into the public arena where Robert found it. It had moved from a correspondence between two people into a whole different category. I believe it has since been taken down, but the damage is done...<br /><br />Or, in other words I know where Robert got it and don't believe that he did anything wrong, once he found it. I just wondered if he couldn't have made his point without the use of this private email. But as I say, that was his call.<br /><br />But the fallout from this is simple. I will not believe in confidential emails (or other communications) and will be much more careful with these sorts of things. Or, to put it another way, some lines of communication have been severed.<br /><br />Understand one thing here. I do not believe that Robert did anything wrong. He was writing a review of a book. I just wish he hadn't brought this one point up.KRandlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333125414889883920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-71260592148389376542014-05-25T06:45:24.127-07:002014-05-25T06:45:24.127-07:00On a second reading I see that you do not say you ...On a second reading I see that you do not say you sent the letter to Don Schmitt. Neither do you say whether it was the recipient who sent it to a third party or whether it was you.<br /><br />In either case it looks very much as if this third person is the guilty one, given that he/she had promised confidentiality and then violated it. <br /><br />If this third person did break the promise of confidentiality, perhaps you could ask Robert Sheaffer from whom he got it. But this takes us into other areas which can lead to disputes and you probably would rather not tread there.<br /><br />Klass got into trouble over such things more than once, I believe.cdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005702597775594084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-1698996391546307662014-05-25T04:11:34.270-07:002014-05-25T04:11:34.270-07:00You wrote to Don Schmitt. Which of you passed the ...You wrote to Don Schmitt. Which of you passed the letter to a third party? When you, or Don, did so, did either of you ask that it be kept confidential or not? If you did not, maybe it is you, or Don, who is partly to blame. If you did ask for confidentiality, then it is the third person (whoever he may be) that is to blame. That is how I see it.<br /><br />Alas, Prince Charles spoke 'in private' about Putin to a woman in Canada. Now the whole world knows about it... Poor fellow!cdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005702597775594084noreply@blogger.com