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Old 02-15-2008, 01:01 PM
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Thumbs up Re: Limits to copyright in a critique?

Ok, then I'll take this approach:
  • publish on my own web site the rebuttal - here I will follow what I think to be ethical and legal. It won't be the whole paper but rather a structured review of the problem areas with sufficient content to ensure no ambiguity that it is from the original paper.
  • post synopsis here and other hybrid advocacy sites with reference to my web site - this provides insulation so Internet Brands is not put in a bad place.
I do not mind taking the legal risks and certainly believe it is ethical to be as fair with the original authors as possible. But by the same token, it is patently unfair that hybrid-skeptics are free to cite false elements of a flawed report that hybrid-supporters have no access.

It may be that seeing my quotes, the authors may decide to 'do the right thing' and make it freely available for open inspection and review. That won't correct the problems but at least they won't be able to claim it is just one reviewer using 'hybrid-skeptic' ethics.

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