tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post8518723786704096529..comments2024-03-11T16:29:13.619-05:00Comments on Lingwë - Musings of a Fish: They say Brazil is a tough nut to crack ...Jason Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-74121936133942749122010-08-26T09:06:35.582-05:002010-08-26T09:06:35.582-05:00Keeping an eye out is always a good idea. I don’t ...Keeping an eye out is always a good idea. I don’t tend to be quite so protective of contributions to the field for which I am not being paid on any recurring basis. In this case, I was paid a contributor’s copy of the issue, and that was, and is, the end of it. I’m usually just pleased that people are interested in reading my work. And if they’re interested enough to translate it, so much the better. Of course, one would hope the translation is a competent one.<br /><br />But I can see the other side too, and I respect everyone’s right to enforce protection of their copyrights. If WVUP requested that Dúvendor take down the content, they would be well within their rights.Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-37637822583684034662010-08-25T17:35:37.156-05:002010-08-25T17:35:37.156-05:00LOL! Nice photo. :)
I was contacted a couple of y...LOL! Nice photo. :)<br /><br />I was contacted a couple of years ago by someone with very bad English wanting to translate and publish my master's thesis on mystery writer Ellery Queen in Chinese. I was told Ellery was very popular in China and was promised free copies of any publication in which it appeared. (Copyright is an alien idea in China.) I immediately contacted the EQ authors' kids to see if any of the EQ books were in print in China. They are not -- or I should say, no legal copies are.<br /><br />Anyway, I was torn between being flattered and being horrified (esp at the thought of being translated by someone with terrible English, possibly whether I wanted to be or not). I keep a close eye on my Google Alerts for my own name, just in case.The Cat Bastethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08766507614966971022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-64732352289463816262010-08-25T17:09:55.779-05:002010-08-25T17:09:55.779-05:00Ironically, my love of peppers — eating them, if n...Ironically, my love of peppers — eating them, if not <i>wearing</i> them — probably brings me closer in spirit to South America than Daniel De Boni and friends would have expected. Of all the scholars they have translated, I also probably live the closest to South America. Uncanny! :)Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-54222439702810448812010-08-25T17:04:00.081-05:002010-08-25T17:04:00.081-05:00Something is missing, though. Ah yes, the peppers....Something is missing, though. Ah yes, the peppers. :)Evanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-86002198197999737532010-08-25T16:51:03.571-05:002010-08-25T16:51:03.571-05:00The funny thing is that this picture is not so unl...The funny thing is that this picture is not <i>so</i> unlike me. Short, dark, somewhat tousled hair; brown eyes, glasses; goatee (sometimes a van dyke). This photo would answer for a <i>very general</i> description of me. :)Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-42952270813718830262010-08-25T16:41:45.075-05:002010-08-25T16:41:45.075-05:00Sweet Lord of the Rings! Jason, you must be a meta...Sweet Lord of the Rings! Jason, you must be a metamorph or something. : )))Evanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-79985078897815738082010-08-25T16:21:52.091-05:002010-08-25T16:21:52.091-05:00How do you know it is not you? Maybe it is you, a...How do you know it is not you? Maybe it is you, and you just don't know it! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com