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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 19:42:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Roderick Farb <rfarb@em*.un*.ed*>
To: Eric Lundquist <ericl@oc*.wa*.ed*>
cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Copyright protection on the list
Thank you.

On Fri, 4 Aug 1995, Eric Lundquist wrote:

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> O(1)k, I(2) wi(3)ll try to(4) co(5)mply i(6)n the(7) fu(8)tu(9)re(10).
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> -E(11)ri(12)c
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> On Fri, 4 Aug 1995, Roderick Farb wrote:
> 
> > Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 15:44:41 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Roderick Farb <rfarb@em*.un*.ed*>
> > To: techdiver@terra.net
> > Subject: Copyright protection on the list
> > 
> > I have been quoted WITHOUT attribution so many times I'm FIGHTING MAD. 
> > For example, many years ago I said, "Give me liberty of give me death". 
> > Did I get credit for it, NO! Or what about my statement, "a penny saved 
> > is a penny earned". Did I get credit for that. NO! More recently on one 
> > of my many expeditions, I said, "one small step for man...", you know the 
> > rest. Did I get credit for that? NOOOOO! But when your friend said, "a 
> > mind is a terrible thing to lose", I got credited for that. SO, I am now 
> > copyrighting in my name the use of the following intellectual words
> > THE, OF, DIVING, DECOMPRESSION, STUPID, TECHNICAL, REBREATHER, SCUBA 
> > DIVER, GEEK, NURD, ARE, IMHO, ;), LIST, FOR, DEEP, AIR, OXYGEN, TRIMIX, 
> > COMPUTER, INSTRUCTOR, CERTIFICATION, BOAT, LINE, I, ME, MY, MINE, FLAME, 
> > the vowels a, e, i, o and u, DEAD, DIVER, IS, DUMB, the numbers 1-598 and 
> > ETC. This copyright is effective 8/4/95. If anyone on the list attempts 
> > to violate my copyright, I will e-mail my friend, who's name is spelled
with 
> > all vowels, to you and he will bust your chips. I will also sue you.
> > I also said, when speaking to a large group of ichthyologists, "even a 
> > fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut". Did I get 
> > credit for that. NOOOO! Pyle did.
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