Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]you could also include a lot of copyright info with the wiki posting. who the copyright belongs to cannot be sold or used except for personal reference, etc. copyright law in the U.S. primarily addresses misuse in the form of one party profiting from the use of someone else's copyrighted property. Single, personal use for educational purposes generally does not violate copyright. I'm not a lawyer or pretending to be one - just say'n Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Mar 21, 2010, at 11:56 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > You could always ask permission . . . > > > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Geoff Hopkinson > <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi Spencer. Yes I thought of that. I thought that content from a 1954 >> magazine may not cause a ruckus regarding copyright (similarly to >> very old >> instruction manuals for long gone cameras too). Such a shame to >> not be >> able >> to share. I have something more than 100 issues stretching from >> 1954 to >> 1987. It may be too complex and tortuous to track copyright from a >> defunct >> edition of the magazine. I don't know about its relationship to >> the current >> magazine of similar name (I do subscribe to that one). However I >> understand >> the need to dot the i's and cross the T's for the Wiki content >> naturally. >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> On 22 March 2010 11:29, Spencer Cheng <spencer at aotera.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi Geoff, >>> >>> I suspect those magazines are still covered by copyright which >>> seems to >> be >>> perpetual these days. :( If not, that would be great. There is a >>> way to >>> upload files to the wiki. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Spencer >>> >>> >>> On Mar 21, 2010, at 17:12, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >>> >>>> Jim perhaps it may be possible to add this sort of information >>>> to the >> LUG >>>> Pearls Wiki? >>>> http://wiki.leica-users.org/index.php/Main_Page >>>> >>>> I bought a bunch of early Leica Fotographie magazines for a >>>> historical >>>> browse and I have the issue where the M3 was first anounced. I >>>> shall >> have >>> to >>>> check regarding the mechanics of making documents available on the >> Wiki. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > (+31.754164,-093.099080) > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information