I was saving this for my CC talk at CiL but it’s too funny not to post.
All rights reserved under the International and Pan- American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced, replicated, reiterated, duplicated, conduplicated, retyped, transcribed by hand (manuscript or cursive), read aloud and recorded on audio tape, platter, or disk, lipsynched, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including genetic, chemical, mechanical, optical, xerographic, holographic, electronic, stereophonic, ceramic, acrylic, or telepathic (except for that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press who promise to read the book painstakingly all the way through before writing their reviews) without prior written permission from the Publisher.
Michael Sauers is the Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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2 Replies to “Funniest copyright statement ever”
That’s right! No reading books aloud! I mean, how else are we to protect our publishing rights…
*ridiculous* Thanks for the post, though, very interesting to read actual policies…
Based on what I’ve read of the book so far I’m pretty sure that the copyright statement is meant to be totally sarcastic.
That’s right! No reading books aloud! I mean, how else are we to protect our publishing rights…
*ridiculous* Thanks for the post, though, very interesting to read actual policies…
Based on what I’ve read of the book so far I’m pretty sure that the copyright statement is meant to be totally sarcastic.