>-To my knowledge there isn't a User Agreement associated
>with this site, so who exactly owns the rights to the posts
>on this board? The Poster or whatever Organization owns this
>web site?

I'm not sure. I did talk to Dan and he didn't object. He said the only issue would be using the OKP logo (if thats what we decided, its still on teh table for now) but I'll look into what you're saying.

>-While I don't have anything against this project per se, I
>was midly disturbed by the fact that it seems that it
>"appears" that only "certain" opinions are going to be
>published, while others will be deemed as not fitting within
>a schema that only certain people will get to define.

Oh nah. The floor is open for any scenario. I was just pointing to the idea(s) that I thought were most likely to go forth.

>For instance - Expertise - now despite the fact that I was
>accused of being Expertise or having his same political
>views when I first posted here and was accused of such
>several times after that -- I've often been his most
>vehement opponent. YET, I still don't think that his views
>should be kept out of the book - if they're in the archives.
>
>Dig?

I feel what you're saying. A lot of people (including me) drew the last straw when he defended the use of "wet back" as to describe Latinos so I think in a collective setting it would depend on the decision of the majority voice in the *COLLECTIVE* itself though.

Regarding the business part, I actually had you in mind though so I don't personally think any opinions would be left out.

>The archives are supposed to represent the breadth of the
>views presented here -- so I don't think views should be
>squelched or removed.

>In fact, I'm sure that plenty of people don't think my views
>on various things belong here either or in a book about
>activist - BUT, its still one of the views being presented
>here and it would be inaccurrate to leave it out.
>
>In other words, I think the editors should represent a good
>cross section of political views so that the threads aren't
>being chosen merely to represent one school of thought.
>
>If that isn't done - the threads themselves will be edited
>and lose their value, not to mention the fact that the book
>becomes a propaganda piece for one school of thought.
>
>Finally, a lot of planning on the business end with regards
>to where the proceeds ago, assigning rights for one's work,
>etc, needs to occur to make this happen.
>
>
>
>
>-M2
>
>Also - I think that the biggest decision/problem/issue with
>respect to this project is going to be deciding how to edit
>and present a particular thread -- a universal format would
>have to be created in order to determine how to write up
>each thread and present each part of the discussion.

Thanks for the input.


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