Absolutely. We certainly should not be passing around stuff that is being actively withheld.
I’m not against distributing orphaned works, but if someone has made a point of saying “that’s mine, you should not be copying it,” then we need to respect that. But also, let’s not get hung up in the weeds and totally distracted from the question that started all this... I don’t even remember what it was now, or how that took a left turn into the SIG files. On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:45 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great, very interesting. > Unfortunate that this has happened. > Morally, I think it is the respectable thing to honor Wilson's wishes here > to the best ability we have. > > > > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:31 AM Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Is there a way to comply? I think once we know about a file being >>> shared publicly we should take steps to remove it. >>> >>> thanks >>> Steve >>> >> >> Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If it’s >> posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he would have to >> request the files be taken down. >> >> If he can’t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his >> intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest of us >> have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if Van’s heirs >> decide they want his work made public, we’d have to respect that, too. >> >> You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no >> obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting as >> Van’s agent. >> >> >> -- >> Tom Wilson >> wilso...@gmail.com >> (619)940-6311 >> K6ABZ >> > -- Tom Wilson wilso...@gmail.com (619)940-6311 K6ABZ
