> It started purely as a Newsletter, the idea being that if I started a > fanzine, it would interfere with Format, Blitz, Fred etc. It was
I remember - the fanzine was SAM world wasn't it? But some people were against it. > however, as all the mags seem to have died, and > everything has gone a little pear shaped over the past year (especially > with Persona), I've decided to evolve the Newsletter into a full > fanzine. Don't worry, we're not talking 2 or 3 quid an issue, we're > talking bare minimum - a fiver or so a year (it's bi-monthly). Great idea - would even suggest making it more frequent / bigger now that there's no other mag to compete. > details to follow this weekend, along with a website which I'm actually > working on at the moment. Keep me posted - I'll subscribe! > PS I know Andrew Collier and a couple of other people were threatened by > Bob for using the SAM Coupe logo, but he can't actually do anything can > he? I don't know much about it - if it's his logo, then I'm sure that he could if he was so inclined (I take it he's no longer on the list). However, while he claims to own the copyright, I thought there was something of an issue on this. Out of curiosity, if Format is no more, what happens to stuff it owns the rights to (e.g. the technical manual)? > PPS I'm a little more unsure of this one - I'd like to use the SAM robot > illustrations in the manual to brighten the fanzine up a little - anyone > know the copyright issues? This one has come up before. I think Bob claims to have the rights to this as well (he once gave me permission to use it in a software manual I was writing for a PC prog). However, there were a few drawn by other people which would probably be OK since he should not have copyright on them. If you can't obtain any by other artists and, like me, you are no good at drawing, what about rendering a 3D version using something like POV-Ray? It shouldn't be too hard, just a few hemispheres made of chrome and some sort of spirals for the springy bits. You could probably create yourself a reasonable GIF or something quite easily Dave
