Raison d’etre
The sole purpose of this Blog is to elevate, even glorify, the creative talents of Mr. Peter S. Mooney, aka The Smoking Christian, by rescuing deleted content from his Blog which he so injudiciously removes. We despair at the thought of all the brilliant work that has been lost for all time because of his impetuousness. But we press on, not looking behind but ahead to the completion of our newfound work, the Peter S. Mooney Museum of Rescued Literature.
Since in this endeavor we are of necessity working at cross-purposes with Peter, we anticipate a certain level of acrimony or as we like to call it, “acrimooney.” We accept this as an unfortunate byproduct of our pledge to protect and preserve the rarest of talents and the brightest of lights. Be that as it may, we feel it important to clarify our methodology in light of certain copyright laws.
What we intend is to “collect” these deleted posts using a highly sophisticated and imaginative process and repost them, in part, on Peter’s Ashtray for all to enjoy. Since we do not enjoy the collaboration of the author or his permission we must repair to the “Fair Use” doctrine of the US Copyright Act. This means that all posts will be short excerpts with appropriate commentary or parody or simple reporting for newsworthiness or educational purposes. This is a slow and painstaking process and we covet the kind forbearance of all PSM fans.
Since in this endeavor we are of necessity working at cross-purposes with Peter, we anticipate a certain level of acrimony or as we like to call it, “acrimooney.” We accept this as an unfortunate byproduct of our pledge to protect and preserve the rarest of talents and the brightest of lights. Be that as it may, we feel it important to clarify our methodology in light of certain copyright laws.
What we intend is to “collect” these deleted posts using a highly sophisticated and imaginative process and repost them, in part, on Peter’s Ashtray for all to enjoy. Since we do not enjoy the collaboration of the author or his permission we must repair to the “Fair Use” doctrine of the US Copyright Act. This means that all posts will be short excerpts with appropriate commentary or parody or simple reporting for newsworthiness or educational purposes. This is a slow and painstaking process and we covet the kind forbearance of all PSM fans.
posted by Yakimaniac at 8:46 PM
2 Comments:
Finally! We won't have to be subjected to the irrational whims of the SC. Thank you for taking this important step and doing what needed to be done. The readers of the SC will be forever grateful. I am a little concerned however. How we will keep up with both blogs?
Thank you for your comments. We share your concern about keeping up. Rest assured we have our people working on this as we ramp-up to full production.
Unfortunately we anticipate a surge in interest in PSM material across the web which will be a challenge for all but the unemployed to keep up with. We are having discussions with our RSS Department about providing feeds to the growing fan base but we have no announcements at this time.
Please keep in mind that this project is but the first phase of our ultimate dream for the PSMMRL. Once we have the staff and a building to house them, then we can do many things not currently possible. Perhaps we can share our plans with the general public as they become clearer. Until then we thank you for your interest and support.
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