Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!pesnta!hplabs!hp-pcd!orstcs!richardt From: richardt@orstcs.UUCP (richardt) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Ellison and TERMINATOR Message-ID: <7800011@orstcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 19:51:00 EDT Article-I.D.: orstcs.7800011 Posted: Fri Jun 28 19:51:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 04:43:00 EDT References: <826@mtgzz.UUCP> Organization: Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:mtgzz:-82600:orstcs:7800011:000:953 Nf-From: orstcs!richardt Jun 28 13:51:00 1985 Well, since we're on the subject of aliens which lay eggs in people, why don't we go nail Van Vogt for using one of the most common pulp fiction ideas? That kind of creature ran througj most of the galaxy in one story or another. And while we're at it, we can also shout nasty names at the author of "Bloodstone." That was the cover story in IASFM a few months back. I would suggest that the whole idea of copyrighted (copywritten?) ideas is preposterous at best. So do the lawbooks. The regs state that "these restrictions apply only to the expression of an idea, not the idea itself." I'm fairly certain that that is a direct qoute. And regarding the Ellison thing: has Harlan Ellison patented a time machine? If so, I want one. Otherwise, kwitcher' cryin'. on the Brillo thing, I can agree, *if his material was directly and provably used*, be it as a plot, storyline, or whatever. orstcs/richardt "If I'm human, what are *YOU*?"