USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Dear Chidi - re obtaining "a written permission" from you

Dear Chidi,

Now we're enlightened. You have enlightened us!

Many thanks for your prompt reply which I find quite satisfactory. I
had thought that Chidi was going to chide me or should I say was going
to chidi me?

I understand that you would take up arms - legally – to fight
plagiarism and that it would be no smiling matter either, should some
other nation like to call itself Biafra – I can hear your voice -
"not allowed " - the scoundrels, as if there was no monopoly or
historical copyright and ancestral rights to that great name, in which
case, I'm sure that there would be a storm of protest even legal
injunctions to prevent this and there too we would be on the same
side.

Indeed, "proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten" and
that's one reason why
I look forward to your quotes with some expectation, I find that some
are of local colour and relevance, others more universal - I look
forward to all of them especially your pithy aphorisms and even your
more dogmatic ones remind me of Voltaire, some of your other quotes
remind me of Baruch Spinoza in possible dialogue with the thoughts of
Blaise Pascal who I think operates more in line with Igbo post-
colonial ethos when it comes to fanaticism about the so called "New
Testament.":

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/PasThou.html

I also read the Opara reports regularly, they fulfil a vital function
here - although I notice a great omission (or have I missed
something) :You do not seem to have taken up this grave matter that
sticks in the eye : https://www.google.com/search?q=The+%24100+billion+bash

Wishing you a great day,

Cornelius

http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/corneliushamelberg/




On Nov 5, 11:33 am, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.op...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Uncle Cornelius,
>
> Do you want a written permission from me? Or you want to point out
> error(s)? Or do you want to disagree with something(s) I have written?
>
> If you want a written permission from me, it is a private matter and should
> be addressed privately. If on the other hand, you want to point out
> error(s), it is both private and public, you can choose any format, you do
> not need to consult me. If you want to disagree with something(s) I have
> written, you can go ahead and do so, it is your right, you also do not need
> to engage me, principally, because, while what I have written would always
> be around, I would not always be around to answer questions on them.
>
> Meanwhile, it may be necessary here to state that there are now person(s)
> who are responsible for the posting of my poems and quotes, so if comments
> needing replies are not replied, it may not be my fault. I am saying this
> because, not replying may be taken as an insult.
>
> --------CAO.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Monday, 5 November 2012 01:16:52 UTC+1, Cornelius Hamelberg wrote:
>
> > Dear Chidi,
>
> > I've been meaning to write to you about this matter for some time now,
> > and hopefully I'm asking a question that may have crossed our people's
> > minds as well, so, some further clarity on the matter please:
>
> > In your last posting you suggested that "Men and Women postulate and
> > sometimes label such postulations as "the words of God".  - and at the
> > bottom of that page you caution (hopefully, not on God's authority)
> > that "Reproductions in part or in whole, in whatever forms, of
> > ChidiAnthonyOparaPoetry, except for non-profit information and
> > education purposes, without a written permission from the author is
> > not allowed. "
>
> > Of course  even assuming that the Almighty writes books or has written
> > one, I have difficulty imagining the Almighty stipulating a similar
> > request " Reproduction/s of My Book in part or in whole, without a
> > written permission from the author is not allowed." - which does not
> > say much about your own relative status....
>
> > Anyway, how immediate would your granting such a request be?
>
> > Since I don't see any copywriter symbol © at the bottom of your page
> > it's the "is not allowed" that I'm not so sure about. Is there some
> > kind of legal backing for your "is not allowed" ? Would quoting you
> > for purposes other than the non-profitable and/or educational without
> > your prior consent be a legal infringement of your intellectual
> > property rights?
>
> > And what could be the likely penalty or consequence's of mis-"quoting"
> > you ( without your permission) ?
>
> > Kind Regards,
>
> > Awaiting enlightenment,
>
> > Cornelius
>
> >http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/corneliushamelberg/

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