Shame, isn't it, but they deserve something for the effort they put in. What is needed is the "open-source" approach to scanning and cleaning up these works. Lots of people putting in a little bit of coordinated effort and releasing the finished product under an open license so that it cannot be locked up by anyone.
Steve On 15 July 2011 01:24, J. Forster <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, and have worked toward that end, but those who do the scanning > (and file cleanup) sometimes seem to think they acquire ownership of the > documents in that process. This leads to problems. Been there, done that. > > -John > > ============== > > >> It's a shame these, and other elderly scholarly works, can't just be >> released for the greater good, without all this red tape tying them >> down. I wonder how much better the world would advance if we could all >> go back to the days when we shared knowledge and skills freely between >> engineers before all the lawyers became involved. Does anyone else >> remember the hay days I wonder... >> >> Steve >> >> On 14 July 2011 16:32, Jim Lux <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 7/13/11 12:13 PM, Chuck Harris wrote: >>>> >>>> I can conceive of a case where a publisher like McGraw-Hill's >>>> copyrighted book >>>> full of public domain IP could be copied if you used your own type >>>> font, >>>> and >>>> formatting of pages, pictures and text, etc... >>>> >>> >>> >>> This is precisely the case with West Publishing and various and sundry >>> law >>> books. >>> >>> Where West has a hook (aside from having good search engines and cross >>> referencing) is that citations in cases and pleadings, etc., use the >>> West >>> system for page/line and so forth. The codes are perfectly free to >>> copy, >>> but if you don't arrange exactly as West does, then the cites don't >>> match >>> up. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD >> The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. >> - Einstein >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
