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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Received on Tue Aug 15 2000 - 20:31:28 BST