Re: On "embitterment" among SWP escapees

[Adam Levenstein <cleon42@xxxxxxxxx>]

> We are in a sort of stalemate situation. They've
> been told that we will
> continue to put up works that we deem
> non-copyrightable and that we will
> continue to respect bourgeois property rights to
> avoid further hassles.

Have they made any indication that they plan on
further action?

> In light of a recent court ruling that indicated the
> the placement of
> previously copyrighted print material on the web is
> NOT a violation of
> copyright law, we are researching the positive
> implications for the MIA.
>
> Currently the Marxists Internet Archive remains the
> largest distributor of
> Marxist works in the world, via any medium.

This is something to be proud of. It really is an
invaluable resource, and I'd hate to see it go just
because Mary-Alice thinks it's encroaching on sales.
(I can think of a number of different reasons people
aren't buying a lot of Pathfinder books, and MIA is
not in the top ten.)

Incidentally, back when I was in the YS I actually
tried to guide people to the MIA (then the MEIA). I
was never specifically discouraged from doing so, but
when I ran the website for the YS the national
leadership began to take issue with *all* of the
external links, especially the one to seeingred.com
(ironically, run by a die-hard SWP supporter -- but it
is a good zine).

Adam


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Adam Levenstein                          cleon42@xxxxxxxxx
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