Re: About 'yaJnam', a story by kALeepaTnam raamaa_raavu

Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri (pkrishna@ARL.MIL)
Mon, 29 Jan 96 13:15:38 EST

I am stunned (in a nice variation of the meaning of the word) by all
this commotion (..ditto..) over tthe story "yaj~nam" by KRR. I haven't
read the story, its criticism (fierce, it would seem) by MR, and the
response by VelcEru nArAyaNa rAwu (that, I am obtaining shortly), and
all the subsequent articles on this pheenom of a story/novel.

Jampala says the story runs to 35 pages (in the 8.5x5.5 inch page
format - is this the popular demi/demy format?). That would make it
18 regular size pages, and 9 sheets of paper. Too much to get by FAX!

I am not sure about the copyright implications of what I am going to
propose/suggest. Would it be kosher to adopt the plan of copying this
story, and sending to whoever requests it, for the actual cost of
duplicating & mailing, which I am estimating to be around $1.50.

Would it be better to add a nominal premium, say a dollar or two,
and send the accumulated amount to KRR?

Couple of weeks ago, Kanakapalli Prasad suggested (rather an ambitious
scheme, not any that TELUSA ever contemplated, I thought) some plans
of publishing/distributing. While an enterprise of that nature is
(IMO) outside the scope of this group, is what I suggested here
practical? Feasible? Ethical? Legal?

Ramakrishna