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That's Dan Brown's great 'sin' I think, writing-wise at least. |
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Dawn, get it while it's hot! |
Tom516
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http://www.slate.com/I'd/2137797/
Exactly the issues we were all discussing here... Best wishes, Tom |
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Dawn
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Thanks, Tom, it makes for interesting reading but I think one of those dreaded spam bots popped up as well. Nasty little things. I don't think its your fault, just what seems to get attached at the website source.
Dawn |
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Michael Boyle
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Dawn,
That was a pop-up not a bot and yes they are certainly irksome but in no way threatening unless you happen to be visiting a site of, let's just say, questionable moral integrity and even then one would have to click on it before it could do anything. Pop-ups are just an unfortunate fact of life in modern advertising as evidenced by anyone visiting a major newspaper or TV news site. Many browsers have the capability of turning them off. (Not MS Explorer though as the Mighty Gates relies on them and cookies to help him control your very soul! Mwha ha ha ha ha!) The argument presented on the link Tom provided does sum up the situation nicely as far as US law is concerned, it will be interesting to see how British law interprets it. MAB |
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Dawn
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Pop up or bot, there should be a laser gun to blast them into eternity.
But then I guess we'd pay more for our MS programmes. Like we don't pay enough already?! Dawn |
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Rich
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Well we're into the trial now. I certainly don't see any smoking guns on the copyright issue. The case sure looks like it will be difficult to prove. Anyway if the plaintiffs win it will be interesting time for "idea generation" in the British Isles I'll say that. Good luck to all the artistes and writers and creative producers.
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Alekudemus
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I think from the blending of excellent historical research with well written fiction then you can't beat Bernard Cornwell. I know he employs his own researchers but I dareay he has drawn on the work of other people. I think it would be hard not to.
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Rich
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Yes and what about Kent and O'Brian etc etc??
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Keith Smith
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Cornwell and O'Brien? Chalk and cheese!
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Alekudemus
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There is however, a need for both chalk and cheese in this world.
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Rich
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Fellows..chalk & cheese???..that went over my head!!....
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Alekudemus
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I think KIS is intimating that O'Brian is a classical type writer whereas Mr. Cornwell aims his books at a more general audience. I myself like Dickens but I also read Stephen King
I saw an obituary that read "O'Brian wrote escapism for intellectuals" So you get my drift Rich |
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Rich
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Very good.. Now I will remember this "chalk & cheese" stuff!
Now I think if any one does want to read Patrick O's stuff one has to make sure he/she has a nautical dictionary right by them while they read. The words he uses went out a "few years" ago if I recall. And talk about prodigious research he didn't sit in the Brit Library for years for nothing! |
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Dawn
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And as a postscript to this topic, it appears that common sense won out in the end. Now all us writers can go back to weaving the facts with fiction with confidence.
Dawn |
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The da Vinci code and the Anglo-Zulu War |
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