{"id":90,"date":"2007-08-27T15:20:54","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T22:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/sfwa-accuses-teen-literacy-of-copyright-violation"},"modified":"2016-10-01T08:23:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T15:23:26","slug":"sfwa-accuses-teen-literacy-of-copyright-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/sfwa-accuses-teen-literacy-of-copyright-violation","title":{"rendered":"SFWA Accuses Teen Literacy of Copyright Violation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"redlight\"Apparently I’m beginning to attract attention–and not the kind I was expecting. I was informed this afternoon that the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have requested that my list of 300+ Recommended Books for Junior High Students<\/a> be removed from Scribd because it violates copyright. I have absolutely no idea what is going on with this.<\/p>\n

The only thing I can figure is that since I read some of their books ten years ago when I made the list, they think I just copied titles and called it good. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have spent over seventeen years teaching literature to junior high students, and in that time have formulated my own opinions regarding what teens like to read.<\/p>\n

I contacted Scribd this afternoon, and Jared Friedman, president of Scribd, has already replied to my email, directing me to file something called a counter-notification, which I have done. Hopefully the matter will be cleared up shortly.<\/p>\n

If I have violated copyright unintentionally I will correct the matter and post a new list. But I can’t for the life of me imagine how my personally developed list could violate copyright.<\/p>\n

And I’m not sure what the SFWA has to gain by requesting that the list be removed. That list does nothing but encourage people to buy their books. I don’t know if Cory Doctorow<\/a> is a member of the SFWA, but I’m going to send him an email and let him know about the situation to see what he thinks. He’s been advocate for Creative Commons ebooks for awhile and he might be interested in this.<\/p>\n

Regardless, I guess I’ll take it as a compliment that what I’m doing here is attracting some attention.<\/p>\n

What do you think? If you’ve seen my list, do you think it violates copyright? And if you’re the member of the SFWA who reported it, maybe you could provide some explanation of what exactly I did wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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