Tim said:
Not wanting to stir up legal trouble Don, but when you published these
articles originally did you sign the "Gernsback/Ziff-Davis owns the
rights to this article in perpetuity in all forms" release or did you
get better terms that allowed you to republish this stuff later (books
were clearly on your plate in the 70's, but in that time frame they
clearly weren't thinking about websites!)
I know that I completely signed away all my rights to several articles
that I published. And usually the companies that got the rights are no
longer to be found so I don't really give a damn anymore. My academic
papers, the companies that published them are still around but they are
usually amenable to reproduction in reasonable forms.
Tim.
I carefully retained copyright and reproduction rights on many of my
publications.
Above and beyond this, I have been told the site to which the links go
has been carefully cleared with the current PE/RE IP rights owner
apparent custodian. I am not directly involved with the linked site in
any manner.
All appears to me to be totally 100 percent legal and kosher.
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BTW, Tektronix also released their rights to legacy equipment tech docs.
The big question is when HP will do likewise.
As a practical matter for others, I feel that if the story went through
several no longer existing publishers, and if there clearly is no
litigation history, the chances are fairly good that there would be no
major problems. Especially if due diligence was not previously followed.
Cases can also be made that a double indirect linking through the
wayback machine might also somehow reduce your exposure.
Also, a properly done web presentation involves a tremendous amount of
new value added. It is not clear how far a "derivative work" concept
would allow a previous IP rights owner to go. Or whether anything beyond
"cease and desist" could normally result.
Your mileage may vary.
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