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/
> _at_ 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
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Doug Coward
_at_ home in Poulsbo, WA
Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog
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Received on Mon Aug 06 2001 - 15:03:39 BST
