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Our comments, in MN books, who owns our collective wisdom?

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Wotzy · 28/01/2009 22:28

Who owns our comments?

We can request them to be removed from this forum, but not in print. In posting we give consent for them to be on MN on the web, but does that extend to publication in a book.

I am not looking for a fight, it is a serious question, who owns the copyright to our words, if they are in publication? Was there consent to have our collective words printed in a book?

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Marina · 29/01/2009 22:53

Honest, I knew bells quite well!
She didn't have a beard and neither do you tinker!

Tinker · 29/01/2009 22:49

But then she would wouldn't she?

Marina · 29/01/2009 22:46

bells was ringer in the original books
They were NOT the same person, I am sure of it
croppy posted details of life situations which were very different to bells

Tinker · 29/01/2009 22:30

Gosh, would freak me out as well tigermoth. I met bells once as well. But were both city types weren't they? Der der der. The plot thickens.

mollyroger · 29/01/2009 22:23

lololol at facebook thing and lloyd fuckwit.

RustyBear · 29/01/2009 22:11

lulu - didn't your DH promise to remove that typo on your home page?

Leeza2 · 29/01/2009 22:06

MP - I think you'll find it was a dumbwit, not a fuckwit.

Can I join pedants corner now please?

tigermoth · 29/01/2009 21:38

justine, you've freaked me out!

RiaParkinson · 29/01/2009 21:37

I found mumsnet after reading the book

am i alone in that?

tigermoth · 29/01/2009 21:37

got to go now, but can I say I met the lovely bells several times in real life along with other mumsnetters. Croppy (who was a proflific poster) cropped up quite often in our conversations at the time. I would eat my hat if croppy and bells are one and the same.

KerryMumbles · 29/01/2009 21:33

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wotzy · 29/01/2009 21:31

I have just read that. Books being moved? Surely MN are just tidying up?

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tigermoth · 29/01/2009 21:30

So is that an oops, yes I am right!

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JustineMumsnet · 29/01/2009 21:29

Oops

tigermoth · 29/01/2009 21:28

bells was croppy??? Noooooo.....Justine, you would know for definite, wouldn't you? I cannot believe it!

Habbibu · 29/01/2009 21:12

Ah.

Habbibu · 29/01/2009 21:11

Are Facebook now about to get sued? surely it's only fair....

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wotzy · 29/01/2009 21:04

and 'told' me do it

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wotzy · 29/01/2009 21:03

After a glass of wine and nearly finishing my work, I have consider that I will now contribute complete twaddle and freely use tiny segments of plagiarism, if found out, I will later to deny everything and say MN spoke to me in my dreams and me do it.

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VampiresWalkin · 29/01/2009 20:59

I swear I was a member of that once!

morningpaper · 29/01/2009 20:30
mollyroger · 29/01/2009 20:28

ROFL! How the hell did you unearth that gem mp....?

morningpaper · 29/01/2009 20:26

hoho

QS · 29/01/2009 20:26

Never been that close to being sued before! piuh!

mollyroger · 29/01/2009 20:24

Miriam who???

Of course, I'd be more than happy to accept a review copy in order to flagrantly endorse it leave it lying around casually every week at our mum's group....