An analogue tale - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 Aug 2001

 This is a short story I promise.

 About two years ago I pick a couple of
op-amps off of eBay. I'm pretty sure I
actually bought them from Rich Cini. 
These op-amps are Philbrick Researches,
vacuum-tube type, K2s. 
 Anyway, one of the amplifiers had 
cracks down both sides of the Bakelite
base. Someone had broken it open to
see the insides. So, I decided to get
a little arty, and took a photo of two
K2-Ws, one with and one without it's
Bakelite case, laying on top of a data
sheet for the K2-W. And I put a copyright
notice under the picture on my little
museum. 
http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog/k2w.jpg

 Then last month, I received an email from
a graphic arts company in Palm Springs
saying that they wanted "this title only"
rights to use the picture for a college 
textbook.

...
   "McGraw-Hill Higher Education in Burr Ridge,
  IL is preparing a college engineering text 
  called Engineering Circuit Analysis 6/e, by 
  Hayt, Kemmerly and Durbin. They would like 
  to use one of your images from this Website 
  in the text:"
 "George A Philbrick Researches 1952 -Model K2-W 
  opamp with and without it's Bakelite shell/
  @ Doug Coward, 2000" . 
 I mailed back the release about a week ago, 
and there is no guarantee that the picture will
not be cut, but maybe I've made it to hard cover.
 --Doug
=========================================
Doug Coward                
@ home in Poulsbo, WA

Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog
=========================================