On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Valmiki Faleiro wrote: > I have not heard of any reprints. Since it is an 18-year old publication, copies may > no longer be available in bookstores. If anyone will digitalize for free public > access, > I'll gladly lend my copy after getting due permission from Fr. Freddy Costa, Ed, > Gulab, who holds the copyrights. Any taker based in Goa? > > Regards/Valmiki
An important issue raised by Valmiki. We should try and put out more Goa-related books in the public-domain, specially if the copyright-holders are willing to do the same. Everyone would stand to gain much. http://www.mediaah.com/Mediaah!DownloadManager.htm Our e-book on journalism in Goa is already copylefted. Rahul Alvares' book on wildlife is available for free download from http://www.goenkar.com. Project Gutenberg, from the US and Australia (http://gutenberg.net) does a good job at making publicly available e-texts. But it restricts itself only to copyright-expired material. Lot needs to be done. Specially in a Goan context. FN PS: Valmiki, if you could get the permissions, maybe this could be a volunteer-driven project coordinated via the Net. Just like Project Gutenberg is. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
