Old projects, Theremin, data sheets, copyrights

[Dave Krooshof]

>- Is there any real interest on the list for old articles such as this? I have
>had no response to the Optimum Fuzz Adapter article,
no respons does not mean no interest. I read it with attention, but I can
really react to it. Sometimes reactions come later. It's a good idea to
have these ideas on your site for accessebility for others. My -mainly in
dutch- site bring up reactions every once in a while that do get me futher.

>- What are the copyright issues involved? Is there some time limitation on
>these
>magazine's copyrights?
50 years after the death of the author in .nl
>Should I consider scanning and posting articles such as this on my website?
You could ask permission, since it's from 67 there's a fair change you'll
get it.
>Will I get sued?
Only if you do not remove it when they ask you to.
But I advise to write your comments on your site. This will
a) get you where yuo want to go sooner, as it's more pointlingly, and
focussed on your goals.
b) you are always allowed to copy part of it, provided you mention where
you got it from.
and c)....
>- What about component data sheets? Are they copyright as well?
Yes, but as they generally are already on the web, you can simply add a link.
And since specs are often in .gif format, you can embed them in as a
source, so the original file will still come from the original server, and
not from yours.
You can also make deeplinks to a html file. This is done by building a
frameset, one of which contains you're own html, and the other will contain
theirs, comming from their server, copyright issues are in a haze when you
do this. No sueing risks as far as I can see.

I greatly enjoyed heaving my projects on display, since reactions you pull
generally are far more interesting then reactions you pushed. A site is
merely pulling.
Be sure to 'tell' the searchengines your pages exist, though.

Harry:
>Failing that... you could tell us what you have, and E-mail an
>"invisible" URL on your site, that could not be found by casual
>web browsing. That would be quite secure.
This would mean that you do make a file, but you do not link to it yourself
in your other pages. Search engines generally only spider linked files. You
can however broadcast the url in emails safely. You'll be able to prove at
any time you did not intend to make it public. But then again, sueing you
is not worth the money that it would cost.

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