That all sounds very reasonable. sh --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote: > No, not exclusive rights, just first North American > rights, which is > standard if there is no contract stating otherwise. I > think most of these > folks just don't know publishing protocol. I also don't > think that it will > cut into what we get. I see this much more as people not > understanding the > impact of what they are doing. I think they are proud of > what they've > written, and the fact that it has been accepted by TAG, > and want to share it > with others. They are just jumping the gun. We can't > fully control it, of > course, but I think if we explain it better up front, > there will be less of > it. In fact, some of our most "serious" authors won't > allow their work to > be published on the web at all. > > And again, as annoying as it is, the MAJORITY of our > members don't visit > APC, so wouldn't see it there anyway. It's just that > there are those vocal > few, and the fact that I'd like APC members to see the > value of being > members of both. > > We could ask Art if he'd be willing to check that an > article hasn't been > submitted and pending for TAG before publishing it > on-line. AFTER it's > published in TAG, I have no problem with people posting > their work on the > web. It makes it available to a wider audience, and we > don't have to worry > about permissions. > > Karen > > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-mcm mailing list > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > The American Cichlid Association Annual Convention Just the biggest aquarium hobby convention of the year (would Texas have it any other way?) Ft. Worth, Texas July 21-24 http://www.aca2005.org/ _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm