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Re: [LUG] re Linux Format Articles

 

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

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