Post originally by Kester Pelagius at 2004-09-28 09:40:03
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Howdy,

>>As in, Michael Jackson, who authored all the Beatles' songs?<<

Mr. Jackson purchased the rights. This would be a total misuse of the word "author".

>>The fine men and women of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, originators of Peter Pan?<<

Not a clue.

>>The factual error threw me completely off the review. I *like* Whispering Vault. I bought the original book. Twice. And most of the PDFs.<<

While all writers are authors, not all authors are necessarily writers.

Thus it’s not a “factual error” so much as it is usage of the word “author” in the same context that one might say a politician was the “author” of a certain bit of legislation. That doesn’t mean they actually wrote every word, or even any portion, of a bill. Merely that they were involved in a “directorial” role, much as a “producer” helps get a movie made.

>>Surely the PDFs have proper credits pages?<<

Indeed.

However I made a conclusion based upon the copyright attribution that, in hindsight, may have been a misassignment of roles.

I take this as an object lesson in fact checking. Next time, when in doubt, I shall avail myself of this new fangled techno widget called e-mail. I hear it's almost as good as regular mail!

In the meantime I will endeavor to rewrite that sentence to better reflect Mr. Reed's true involvement.

Let's see Phil Reed. . . "design guru", "PDF republisher", "mad monk of Malaband". . . ??


Kind Regards,

Chirs Morgan