Hi, Tom:
Thanks for the support!
What I realized in all this is that I've gotten so used to getting
information through the list just by asking that I DON'T think about
whether it's copyrighted. So it was good that I got reminded to "stay
aware" as it were.
It does bother me that the CAT shop notes are copyrighted, since they're
made up of information volunteered by members of CAT over the last 30
years, but they are, so I'll respect that. And since several somebodies
at CAT went to a LOT of trouble organizing the material, maybe a
copyright on their labor does make sense. I never did find a copyright
on the Tiger Tales newsletter--doesn't mean it's not there, just that I
didn't find it :-).
On the positive side, I appreciate the Tigers United website all the
more--the tech articles are freely available to anyone who "points and
clicks." For me, that's what having access to the web is all about.
And I'm probably overly sensitive to the whole issue at this point.
Thanks again for the support :)
Regards
David
Tom Witt wrote:
>
> David,
> Unless I missed something (I did check back through the last few days
> mail) all you asked to do was "see" this article. I am utterly confused. For
> you to be concern about safety not only for yourself, but for others on the
> road you ask to "see" an article and get flack for that???
> I'm sorry, but all it seemed to me you were doing is looking for a
> source of what to many would likely be considered an obscure article. Your
> question had no pretense as to imply you were trying to rip someone off.
> Your interest was in safety. I have to ask would someone get riled if I sent
> you a copy of a "copyrighted" membership form from a club news letter so you
> could join?
> I have been to the CAT, STOA, etc. sites and I never recall any offering
> of the opportunity to aquire back issues. How could you have known that this
> info was copyrighted and supposedly available at a price. I doubt that if
> someone replied that for a few dollars it was available you would have said
> "no way, forget it." It seems though that rather than politely directing you
> to a source of purchase (from the emails I have seen) you have received
> flack for posing the question.
> David if I knew the date of the article you want and I had an original I
> would pay to send the original to you and I would pay for the return postage
> for you to return it back to me. Thus "copy" would be construed as the
> original. If that bothers some that at no cost to you get to "see" this
> article that could potentially save lives then this "Hobby Community" really
> has a problem. Those with a photographic memory "beware," using your mind
> might be a copyright infringement!
> Tom Witt B9470101
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>
> To: "Tiger Mailing List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:37 PM
> Subject: Apology
>
> > Hi all:
> >
> > After my post this morning requesting a copy of the Tiger Tales article
> > "time bomb", I had a good conversation off-list with someone who pointed
> > out that this information might be copyrighted and that it was
> > inappropriate for me to ask for it.
> >
> > My apologies.
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David Sosna
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