Re: non-Jewish origins...

[Matthew H. Fields <fields...>]

In article <4fjtg9$br5 (at) cloner3(dot)netcom(dot)com>,
Barry Cohon  <bjcohon (at) ix(dot)netcom(dot)com> wrote:

>USC on my work, in fact.  And I agree with Denburg on the inspirational
>component of the act of composition.  Of course it is work, and of
>course it should be paid for.  But maybe this way of looking at it
>helps:  Benjamin Franklin did not invent electric power.  Columbus did
>not invent America.  Einstein did not invent the atom.  No astronomer
>ever invented a star.  All these were great discoveries.  What they

The distinction between scientific discovery and artistic creation is
pretty fundamental to me.  Aside: the law separates them carefully too.
But I have this bunch of monkeys with typewriters who are seeking an agent
for this script to Hamlet that they've worked out...

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