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[Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>]

Not to split hairs but this posting from Bill Mollison was forwarded by me 
to multiple lists at the request of the Permaculture Institute of Australia.

Scott

At 10:43 AM 7/21/00 -0400, you wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:49:18 -0300, "Marsha Hanzi"
> <hanzibra@svn.com.br> wrote:
>
> >I also remember a letter being published on this list by Bill Mollison
> >stating clearly that the logo can be used for non-commercial purposes, such
> >as courses. I am sure it is in the archives somewhere.
> >Marsha
>
> This is in my permaculture archives (and is in the lists's own
> archives of messages) at:
> http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden/orgfarm/permaculture/Bill.Mollison.perma 
> culture.copyright.statement-reassertion.5.11.99
>
>
> >From pci@permaculture-inst.org Thu May 27 22:21:56 1999
> Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:54:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>
> Reply-To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Bill Mollison copyright statement
>
> Cover letter to Permaculture and other associated Journals
>
> RE: The following press release
>
>
>
> 11 May 1999
>
> Dear Editor:
>
> We frequently receive notifications from teachers and students of
> their
> intention to alter or change the Permaculture curriculum or to
> restrict
> teachers or students in their pursuits to teach or study and also
> laying
> claim to the material. This material is vested in the Institutes and
> the
> graduates of courses and to that extent in common ownership. But the
> material itself was solely evolved by the author and the original
> curriculum
> taught in 1979 was devised by the author alone. People tend to loose
> sight
> of this and claim ownership by adoption. (For some reason this is
> happening
> most recently in Australia). Thus we need to periodically re assert
> ownership and to legally update copyright. At my death copyright shall
> remain with the Permaculture Institute in Australia and Permaculture
> Institute Inc. in USA and their directors and the same laws shall
> apply,
> that is teachers can not claim personal ownership of the curriculum or
> sell
> it or give it way without infringing copyright law.
>
> We would very much appreciate you printing our reasserting as you are
> a
> vehicle for information on Permaculture. Thank you in advance for your
> kind
> attention to this matter.
>
>
>
> Most Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Bill Mollison
>
> Director
>
>
> RESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION
>
> >From Bill Mollison, Author, Permaculture: A Designer's Manual
>
> For further information, contact Lisa Mollison
>
> Phone: 61 3 6445 0945 Fax:61 3 6445 0944 email:
> lisam@tas.webnet.com.au
>
> 11 May 1999
>
> RE: Ownership of Permaculture Curriculum
>
> Periodically, it is necessary to reassert my ownership of the original
> Permaculture curriculum, which is also legally asserted by publication
> of
> the Permaculture Manual in 1988 of which the contents of the book and
> the
> word Permaculture are copyrighted to the author and that any use of
> said
> curriculum must be by application to the author, that is not to
> secretaries
> or other directors, but to the author only. The Permaculture Design
> Course
> handbook issued by the Permaculture Institute to students for many
> years now
> is simply a concise outline of said curriculum, and subject to the
> same
> laws. If any person writes a text book, in particular a foundation
> text book
> for a subject, no other person can assert ownership of that text, lay
> out or
> illustrations nor can any group of people substantially alter or
> assert
> ownership of the text. We have always specifically guarded ownership
> of the
> PC curriculum so that all students have much the same experience in
> common
> no matter what their cultural or financial backgrounds are, they would
> have
> a common and equal education experience.
>
> Both this Institute and our American Institute in Santa Fe,
> Permaculture
> Institute, Incorporated, are attempting to establish an academy that
> will be
> legally able to issue higher degrees this is a long process and will
> not be
> running smoothly for some time to come.. The Permaculture Institute
> began
> issuing diplomas to students after two years practical work following
> their
> certificate course in about 1988. It is and shall remain the registrar
> of
> all diploma holders globally. This diploma is widely recognized
> through
> other institutions and some universities, like Humboldt State
> University and
> Slippery Rock University, etc...
>
> .
>
> In the past re-assertions of copyright have appeared in the Academy
> Yearbook, p. 17 and have been reproduced in the 1998 American
> Permaculture
> Directory, p. 6. Students publishing curriculum which often contain
> word for
> word copies of copyrighted material from the manual and course
> handbook
> cannot sell that curriculum nor can institutions purchase said
> curriculum or
> teach it, even if presented under other names, such as Sustainable
> Agriculture or Sustainable Designs. All such people need to write
> their own
> curriculum and textbooks and not plagiarize my work nor my
> illustrations. It
> would be refreshing if people wanting to publish would create their
> own
> material and did not plagiarise mine.
>
> This note is to restate the current position so there can be no
> misunderstandings about ownership of the material.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> Bill Mollison
>
> Director, Permaculture Institute
>
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