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Tom Cruise's Sister to Join Bush Staff

One day after Tom Cruise replaced his sister Lee Anne DeVette as his
publicist, Ms. DeVette staged a stunning professional comeback, announcing
she has joined President George W. Bush's staff as a top political
advisor.

It was an astonishing personal coup for Ms. DeVette, who has no political
experience and whose tenure as Mr. Cruise's publicist was characterized
mainly by erratic public appearances and controversial outbursts by the
talkative actor.

But according to one White House aide, the decision to add Ms. DeVette was
a "no brainer": "Lee Ann doesn't have as much baggage as Karl does, and
with our poll numbers as low as they are, we had to start thinking outside
the box."

On Ms. DeVette's first day on the job, Mr. Bush appeared on NBC's "Today
Show," where he lectured host Matt Lauer about the evils of economics,
telling him at one point, "I've done the research, and economics is not a
real science."

Later in the day, the president appeared on "Oprah," where he jumped up
and down on host Oprah Winfrey's couch and proclaimed his love for First
Lady Laura Bush while a visibly alarmed Ms. Winfrey looked on.

But according to Buddy Schlantz, a veteran talent agent and longtime
observer of the Hollywood scene, Ms. DeVette's work has only begun: "If
those approval ratings don't go up soon, expect the president to announce
that he's marrying Scarlett Johansson and she's having his baby."


-- Andy Borowitz

Did you send you check to Andy for ripping off his columns?

Bill McKee wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Tom Cruise's Sister to Join Bush Staff
[snip]


-- Andy Borowitz

Did you send you check to Andy for ripping off his columns?

Was wondering the same thing. Harry is probably the biggest copyright
violator in this newsgroup. What makes his violations more agregious
is that they have pointed out to him numerous times - he doesn't seem
to care. Apparently copyright law does not apply to Harry. Or he
assumes that all evidence is eventually erased with his x-no-archive
command (which news servers are not obligated to acknowledge).

On 10 Nov 2005 15:51:14 -0800, "Curtis CCR" wrote:


Bill McKee wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Tom Cruise's Sister to Join Bush Staff
[snip]


-- Andy Borowitz

Did you send you check to Andy for ripping off his columns?

Was wondering the same thing. Harry is probably the biggest copyright
violator in this newsgroup. What makes his violations more agregious
is that they have pointed out to him numerous times - he doesn't seem
to care. Apparently copyright law does not apply to Harry. Or he
assumes that all evidence is eventually erased with his x-no-archive
command (which news servers are not obligated to acknowledge).

Is it a copyright violation if he leaves out pertinent paragraphs (unsupportive,
I mean), or adds some words, or changes some words?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

John H. wrote:
On 10 Nov 2005 15:51:14 -0800, "Curtis CCR" wrote:


Bill McKee wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Tom Cruise's Sister to Join Bush Staff
[snip]


-- Andy Borowitz

Did you send you check to Andy for ripping off his columns?

Was wondering the same thing. Harry is probably the biggest copyright
violator in this newsgroup. What makes his violations more agregious
is that they have pointed out to him numerous times - he doesn't seem
to care. Apparently copyright law does not apply to Harry. Or he
assumes that all evidence is eventually erased with his x-no-archive
command (which news servers are not obligated to acknowledge).

Is it a copyright violation if he leaves out pertinent paragraphs (unsupportive,
I mean), or adds some words, or changes some words?

Yes. Even though he omitted the last paragraph of the Borowitz piece,
it is still a copyright violation. Posting 6 of the 7 paragraphs, or
85% of a copyrighted work without permission is not an "excerpt" and
not "fair use."

If he adds or changes a few words, then Harry can't attribute them to
Borowitz, but by not giving the attribution, he would be engaging in
good old fashioned plagerism. Basically, if Harry writes any thing
about Tom Cruise's sister joining the Bush staff, he is ripping off a
story from Borowitz.

Harry knows how do this correctly, but I'll bet I know why he chooses
to do it the way he does.

Harry has never created any intelligent property worthy of stealing, so he
doesn't place any value on others intelligent property.

A writer should understand copyright laws, my guess is Harry is not a
writer. I would also guess he illegally downloads music and software,


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Bill McKee wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Tom Cruise's Sister to Join Bush Staff
[snip]


-- Andy Borowitz

Did you send you check to Andy for ripping off his columns?

Was wondering the same thing. Harry is probably the biggest copyright
violator in this newsgroup. What makes his violations more agregious
is that they have pointed out to him numerous times - he doesn't seem
to care. Apparently copyright law does not apply to Harry. Or he
assumes that all evidence is eventually erased with his x-no-archive
command (which news servers are not obligated to acknowledge).

Dr. Dr. Smithers wrote:
Harry has never created any intelligent property worthy of stealing, so he
doesn't place any value on others intelligent property.

Please show what proof you have of your above allegations.

wrote:
Dr. Dr. Smithers wrote:
Harry has never created any intelligent property worthy of stealing, so he
doesn't place any value on others intelligent property.

Please show what proof you have of your above allegations.

WTF?

Whether or not any of Harry so-called intelectual property is worthy of
stealing is subjective opinion requiring no proof. Harry routinely
says things about people that he can't back up with verificable
evidence - Do you call him on it?

Harry's continued posting of copyrighted material demonstrates the
second point - He apparenly doesn't place any value on respecting
copyrights.

Kevin,
He illegally cuts and pastes copyrighted material 10's of time a day.


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Dr. Dr. Smithers wrote:
Harry has never created any intelligent property worthy of stealing, so
he
doesn't place any value on others intelligent property.

Please show what proof you have of your above allegations.

But at least harry reads it first to make sure it aligns with his "goose
stepping lemmings" ideology :-)


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Kevin,
He illegally cuts and pastes copyrighted material 10's of time a day.


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Dr. Dr. Smithers wrote:
Harry has never created any intelligent property worthy of stealing,
so
he
doesn't place any value on others intelligent property.

Please show what proof you have of your above allegations.