So today in Organization of Information, our professor was talking about how the Library of Congress doesn't catalog and keep every item that is published, such as pornography. He then went on to say that he had heard the following story from someone at the copyright office:
They received a "second edition" of a porno film, and did not have the first edition. Now, in order to copyright it properly, they needed to verify whether or not there was in fact anything different in the second edition. One of the employees, after a search in the second-hand porno market proved fruitless, volunteered his own copy of the film to compare with the second edition.
So I guess the lesson is, if you want to view pornographic materials and get paid for it, go to work for the copyright office.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
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Weird. What a job. And it sounds so impressive, too, to say you work at the "Copyright Office," so you wouldn't even have the shame of saying you work at a porno video store.
Although I'd imagine watching porn in your office might be mildly uncomfortable. Like what do you do if your boss walks in?
My cover is blown! I'm sure working on my blog during the break in full view of everyone passing by didn't help much to keep it quiet either...oops. Oh well, it's tidbits like that one that get me through that class.
Never mind. I think my email went through now. You'll know.
It's still early.
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