K8JHR is a lawyer and he just commented on the subject.
It would be a big loss to us all if that site goes down, but regardless of
our intent, I would hate to see one or two of our guys be held liable for
copyright imfringement.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of geoffrey
mendelson
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 4:47 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] W8KC Virtual Ten*Tec Museum
On 1/15/2014 5:13 PM, 73@73.am wrote:
> It is always important to be courteous and proceed with respect in things
of this nature. I think you hit it right on the head about pecuniary value,
so it really isn't worth shoving a 500+ page contract under the noses of all
people with a potential contingent estate interest in something of claimed
but not actual copyright. Our intent would be merely to have a small
Ten-Tec memorial honoring W8KC, who was a personal friend of mine.
>
>
I am not a lawyer, but in the mid 1980's US copyright law was changed so
that everything anyone does is automatically copyright protected. Filing a
copy with the US Library of Congress improves the process of suing someone
for infringement. But not doing anything does not leave something without
protection.
If he claimed it was copyright it was and will be until 75 years after his
death. The reason why I say if he claimed, there are various copyright
licenses one can use such as the creative commons license to allow
distribution without profit. From what I saw of the website he did not make
any allowances for use by others.
At this point you can either contact his widow and ask permission, or copy
the site and hope that no one bothers you about it. Not much, if anything in
between.
Geoff.
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
Jerusalem Israel.
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