Re: I need InfoWorld of October 4, 1999 - will pay $

[alizard[spam]@ecis.com (A.Lizard)]

On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 15:25:21 GMT, "Dave Koster"
<bottleneckt@slonet.com> wrote:

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>Mike Smith <kld_msmith@NOSPAMearthlink.net> wrote in article
><7u27h1$4r9$1@oak.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
>> Albert Yale <ay@aci.qc.ca> wrote in message
>> news:3802DF70.CF7DBB39@aci.qc.ca...
[snip]
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>> > so i'm looking for a print edition of this issue to add to my resume.
>:-)
>> 
>> Why not just put the above URL in your resume?
>
Here's one reason why not. 

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I've been bitten by this one already... the magazine stopped
running articles written before the current management took over.
Luckily, they had a copy of the online version and were willing
to send it to me. Copyright was not a question in this case since
as most authors do, I'd sold 'first serial rights' to the
article; in order to waive your personal rights for further use,
you have to do so explicitly in a "work for hire" context. It was
mine to post on my own site and that's what I just did with it.

That reminds me, I need to go back and grab the other ones...
though they are chiefly of historical interest at this point,
like how to articles on running DOS / -ix uuencoding software. 

*** If your resume or other personal promotional literature has
references to URLs of your articles, get your own copies RIGHT
NOW... and put them on your site. (you needn't change the URL
pointers until and unless the articles disappear from the site...
it does look better if a potential client or employer can access
them live at the magazine, etc. site. 

                                                A.Lizard
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