Re: A small Christmas gift from STC: copyright reform

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Congratulations to you both on your success! This is definitely a big
win and I think we'll see some significant changes for the better now
that copyright is back in the author's hands. Great work!!

On 12/19/05, Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> wrote:
> This past fall, I proposed a change in this policy to the new STC
> board, and submitted a business case for changing the policy to
> something that explicitly recognized the importance of this
> intellectual property to professional communicators, and that would
> hopefully set a good example for other publishers to follow. You'll be
> pleased to hear that I succeeded, with the help of John Hedtke, one of
> the new board members. (John helped me draft the proposal, added his
> own input, and presented it to the Board.)

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