At 07:31 PM 3/12/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I did not post the file but sent it individually to those who expressed interest. Can we let this matter die - I am 84 years old and was going through my collection of PM magazines, prior to disposing of them, when I saw this and thought of you people. By the way I have every issue from 1932 >It was not my intention to start a fracas over this attempt to help. >Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marv Soloff > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Cameramakers] Popular Mechanics Files > > > Jim: > > The plan is not useless, but the legality of posting it is in question. Hearst Publications is still very much in business and they still publish Popular Mechanics. I collect the Popular Mechanics "Do It Yourself Encyclopedias" - very much interesting and a lot of fun. There have been calls for scans of some of the articles from the 1955 edition of the Encyclopedia in another NG. I have advised the people who asked for the scans of the edition and the page numbers. I can't legally make the scans for them and post them, much as I would like to. If you want to email the file, privately from one person to another, that's your business. Posting as a general file for anyone to take is akin to publishing the information - and someone else owns the copyright. I am no attorney, but this idea of open posting has been covered many times on other NGs. > > Regards, > > Marv >
Guys, Seems to me that all the fuss is about nothing - wouldn't sharing the file in a limited way such as this constitute "fair use"? AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. http://www.panoramacamera.us _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
