Please contact me on my talk page if you'd like more details on the emails. The Lessig email is reproduced in full; the rest of the Lisanti email is pretty dull. I do not have any special connection to either person (although I did meet Lessig once at a presentation).
Note that the quote below from an email from Tom Lisanti to me also appears on the library's website. I assume that he just cut and pasted it from there.
"The usage fee is not a copyright fee. You are free to obtain a copy of these images from a source other than NYPL. Usage fees help ensure that the Library is able to continue to acquire, preserve and provide access to the accumulated knowledge of the world."
In any case, I hereby swear and affirm that he actually sent me those words in an email. Pingswept 05:44, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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