20,046 page doc archive still available

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Tue Sep 7 18:26:51 2004

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Carder" <wacarder_at_usit.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 7:12 PM
Subject: RE: 20,046 page doc archive still available


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
> > [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Al Kossow
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 6:43 PM
> > To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: Re: 20,046 page doc archive still available
> >
> >
> >
> > he does say in
> > his auction that he has permission from the various sites
> > to put the DVD together
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mr Watzman did not ask, and I would not have given him permission
> > to sell the material from bitsavers.
> >
> > I have asked him not to mention my URL in any of his future
> > usenet postings.
> >
> > For the record, I DO NOT want the material from my site to be sold
> > in any form.
> >
>
> And likewise, what little information I have contributed to bitsavers
> is not to be sold. It's to be shared on bitsavers, but I do not
> want any money exchanged for anything that I donate.
>
> Are people downloading things from bitsavers and selling them for
> a profit? That's downright dirty and rather irritating. It's like
> one time when I wrote a 340 page family history that I spent many
> years working on, and took many contributions from others, and had
> a clause at the beginning where I stated that this information
> could not be used without my permission..... then I found two
> instances where someone "stole" entire large sections and used it
> as if they had done all the work. It later appeared on their web
> site as their own personal research.
>
>

Is the person in question selling the material or in reality just selling
the service of gathering that material and storing it on a convenient DVD
saving the buyer countless time and effort doing the same? Not everybody has
broadband, the time, or wants to expend the effort in gathering
documentation that is freely downloadable over the internet. As far as the
information on bitsavers, who owns the copyright to each file posted there?
Received on Tue Sep 07 2004 - 18:26:51 BST