kcarlin's Journal: Doctorow Accused of Infringing on Ursula K. Le Guin's Work

Cory Doctorow, last noticed here bemoaning the Science Fiction Writers of America accidental inclusion of his work in a copyright infringement takedown order, has drawn the ire of Ursula K. Le Guin (Left Hand of Darkness, the Earthsea Trilogy) by publishing a copyrighted work of hers without permission and slapping a Creative Commons license on it.

Ms. Le Guin's complaints are detailed in a letter received by and published on Jerry Pournelle's Chaos Manor site, here. From the summary:

[S]omething that might be of interest to your readers that Ursula K. Le Guin contacted me about: Cory Doctorow of boingboing.net infringed her copyright by reprinting the entirety of her short story "On Serious Literature" on boingboing without authorization; he misrepresented her intent in his copy; he omitted her copyright notice; and he instead placed a Creative Commons license on it indicating that others can freely copy and alter her story.