[TenTec] W8KC Virtual Ten*Tec Museum

[geoffrey mendelson]

On 1/15/2014 5:13 PM, 73 at 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.
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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.