[sdiy] Filter Banks & CSound

[J.D. McEachin]

Someone wrote:

> >> > I don't like to put up circuits that appeared in Electronotes, since Bernie
> >> > is still selling back issues.

As I've pointed out before, almost all of the ElectroNotes material has no
copyright.  The copyrights on most of the Preferred Circuits Collection
are invalid, in that the material was previously published without
copyright, and under the copyright law of the time it was not possible to
retroactively assert copyright.  Even if the material WAS copyrighted, you
are entitled to redraw the artwork and paraphrase the text, especially
since your website would be nonprofit / for teaching purposes only.  But
Bernie has been known to do websearches for EN material on occasion, so I
would have to speculate that if you mention EN or him by name you MAY be
faced with complaints to your ISP to remove the material, who will
probably force you to despite the fact that you've complied with copyright
law (it would take a lawyer to establish this, and it's easier for the ISP
to just give in to complaints).

Here's a thought - mention the source and author in a graphic file rather
than raw text, so it doesn't show up on a search engine.  It wouldn't be
right to publish without this information, but putting it in text/html
would probably lead to problems.

I know Bernie has his apologists, but the fact is, the material was
published in the public domain.  You can't argue ignorance, because some
authors, most notably Thomas Henry, DID choose to assert their copyright.
Whether you choose to honor the later change in heart is your decision,
the law is clear that you don't have to.

What's sad to me is that, if the experiences of Jim Baen at www.baen.com
are any indication, putting the best of the EN material on the web would
probably increase sales of the printed back issues.  And it would help
DIYers.

JDM