Article of Interest from the LA Times

[bluesbassdad]

I guess I'll know I'm really an Arizonan when I stop checking websites of SoCal news sources.

Anyway, click here to take the first step toward seeing the article. You'll have to register with the Times before they'll let you see it.

Yours truly,
Dave Morefield

[bobbyc]

That's pretty interesting, Dave. What I'm more concerned with now is will I win the laptop,will there be anywhere in Ky I can use the coupons I will receive.

[lakegz]

that is very interesting. it must be a difficult venture opening up a whiskey distillery, so many factors are involved and you cant even make money till it ages. Those untested bottlings are extremely expensive but im sure some silicon valley whiskey neophytes will splurge for some.

[Gillman]

My registration application did not work for some reason and rather than try again I wonder if someone could post a summary of the story. Thanks.

Gary

[bluesbassdad]

Gary,

An open violation of copyright in this space is probaby not a good idea.

Perhaps someone (wink, wink... nudge, nudge...) will send it to you privately.

Yours truly,
Dave Morefield

[Gillman]

Thanks Dave and (for the legally minded) summarizing an article in one's own words isn't a copyright issue, only direct copying is - the form of expression is protected but not the ideas themselves - a manifestation of the concern in a free society for the free circulation of ideas!

Gary

[bluesbassdad]

Gary,

You are correct, of course. Somehow I missed the key word, "summarize", in your post.

Perhaps my oversight is traceable to my misbegotten training in speed-reading. ("Moby Dick? It's a story about a whale, right?" )

Yours truly,
Dave Morefield

[Gillman]

Dave, based on reading your contributions to this forum I believe you would have made an excellent lawyer!

It's never too late.

Gary

[bluesbassdad]

Gary,

I'm flattered... I think. (Didja ever hear the one about the bi-lingual lawyer? Or the three reasons to use lawyers in place of lab rats? )

Yours truly,
Dave Morefield

[greenbob]

Hey, what's going on here? This thread is listed as a "scorcher" at the Entrance. We have a legal opinion that the contents of the article can be summarized. But we don't know what's going on. Damn.