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Paul Sutton wrote: > viv wrote: >> There was a message recently about getting a CD of Linux magazines but, >> it was only available in America. It does not appear that it is possible >> to get old copies of Linux Format magazines going back earlier than >> September 2007 and they do not appear to produce an archive CD (I would >> happily buy it if one was available). I would like to make CD of useful >> articles as I have magazines going back more than 1 year, by scanning >> the most useful ones. However, if I wanted to share these with the rest >> of you, would this be a breach of copyright ? They have produced some >> really useful articles that are no longer available and would be useful >> for people new / newish to Linux today. >> >> Viv >> >> >> > Have you tried to contact the publishers to ask, I am sure most won't > mind as long as your not making lots of money from the venture, and it > puts the magazine in good light, they may even ask for some help with > collating scans of magazines. I think past experience with these > things has shown if you ask first you get a better response, as it shows > you respect their copyright. In which case they are more likely to > give a positive response then they would if they have to ask or order > you to stop when they discover you are distributing articles from their > magazine without permission. > > Perhaps the following is related > > http://www.wormux.org/wiki/en/documents.php#Team17 > > They look as if they aprecitate the gpl developers being up front, > > Before you do ask, how many people here would be interested in a > official archive cdrom, if you can ask armed with a good reponse to > that, that demonstrates demand, they may go ahead and produce one, I > know Linux magazine has an archive, thats free on their website. > > Paul > I would be happy to buy the CD as I would be able to dispose of the magazines lying around ;-) John -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html