[time-nuts] MIT RADIATION LABORATORY SERIES 1940-1945 (28 VOLS) on eBay

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Thu Jul 14 13:24:41 UTC 2011


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

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> 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 <jimlux at earthlink.net> 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.
>>
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>
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