Reply #68: Update - Sunday morning, 8/2 - problem resolved [View All]

[DavidDvorkin]

I got a nice e-mail from an Alternet editor, apologizing and promising to fix the byline. That has been done.

She said that the incorrect attribution was an honest mistake because Jeffrey Dvorkin was already in the database and someone assumed he was the author of this article. (That's a disadvantage to having an unusual name that I hadn't thought of before. I thought it would always be an advantage for a writer.)

She said the essay should not have been used without permission and she'll try to find out how that happened.

She also offered payment, which I gladly accepted.

Jeffrey Dvorkin replied to my e-mail in a friendly way, complimenting the article.

So I would say that the clouds and rain have passed away and the skies are blue and clear, except that I greatly prefer cloudy skies and rain and cool temperatures in the real world, so that's not a good image. But in this case, I'll make an exception.

Thanks, all of you, for your sympathy and encouragement.