On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Corda Albert J DLVA wrote:
no flames!, this is just my opinion). It has occured
to me that if a
mailing list were set up where a person could post their intention of
bidding on a specific piece of duplicatable documentation, then other
potential bidders could contact the initial poster and work out a deal
where they could "share" the cost of the initial poster's bid (plus
copying charges), in return for not competing with the initial poster's
bid.You may have noticed that I have avoided the problem of copyright
infringement. I believe that with documentation of the vintage that I am
refering to, such issues are probably moot, especially since In many
cases the companies no longer exist.
Sure, but I think there's another problem, which is that this practice is
most likely illegal :)
Still, I won't fault you for it and I won't turn you in either (I'll have
my terms e-mailed to you off-list ;)
Also, I wonder of some of the on-line "Computer
Museums" might
consider hosting an on-line documentation repository, where people
could submit scanned schematics/manuals/etc. for (free) web-based
access and archival purposes. It would be a tremendous service
I'd like to do this someday when I complete my organization. If someone
beats me to it in the mean time then all the better.
to our on-line community. Currently, this is being
done by a number
of very helpful individuals, but I would think that some of the "real"
museum sites might be more capable of organizing such info and
supporting the amount of storage needed.
They have the same problems we do: lack of time and resources.
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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