[sdiy] Electronotes Free

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Bernie has a standing offer posted on his website (
http://electronotes.netfirms.com/en200.html), detailing how one can enter
into a business agreement to offer electronic copies of his intellectual
property:

You will agree to the following: You will pay me $X on the signing of the
> contact and $X on the anniversary of the signing for a minimum of five
> years. You agree that I can continue to sell paper copies, and that
> Electronotes and I hold all copyrights. You agree that all your advertising
> and promotion will make it clear that with regard to the CD's, the customer
> is dealing exclusively with you, not with Electronotes, and Electronotes
> has no obligation to them. In short, for a yearly fee, you get the
> "lucrative" CD business! You cover your expenses (scanning, CD production,
> postage, bad checks, etc.) and make your yearly license payment to me, and
> you keep all the rest as profit (or perhaps you are doing this for free -
> it's up to you).
> So - - - What is X? Clearly, to me X is the amount of profit I would
> expect to loose for not making a paper sale. Fair enough? I have a
> reasonable way of estimating this. For you, X is an amount you expect to be
> able to pay me and still have a successful business. This is a matter of
> estimating your sales, your expenses, and setting your prices. I do not
> have much of an idea about this - hopefully you do. Do you suppose that X
> should be zero? Well, keep in mind that I do not watch TV, but I presume
> there are still people on late at night telling you you can make a fortune
> with no money invested. If you believe them, go with them - please not with
> me. (For example, I have to pay up front for the paper copies which sit on
> my shelves.) X is your "at risk" investment, your incentive, which will
> also assure that you will take measures to prevent pirating of the CD,
> because you still have to pay me for five years even if something goes
> wrong. It is just a matter of trusting the ciber world.
> The world is full of what seem to be good ideas. [Most universities have a
> way for students to suggest ways of improving lectures. The single most
> intelligent suggestion I have seen along these lines was that we should
> have a complementary donut and coffee tray at the door (a 9AM class!). Alas
> - no it did not happen. ] Let's have a CD sounds like another good idea.
> But in suggesting that someone else do it, I am asking other people to
> think it all the way through. And clearly considered, I am asking them to
> take the risk (I have not suggested royalties), and indeed to some extent,
> to insure me against their getting tired or not protecting the product.
> But this is a serious offer. If you are interested, please submit a
> business plan and your notion of what X might be. If you are inclined to
> pass this offer along to others, do not paraphrase of abbreviate it, as
> there are at least three important subtle clues in the text, put there for
> the serious reader.

I see no evidence that Bernie has entered into such an agreement with
Henry, nor that he has given Henry permission to post copies of his
copyrighted work.  Bernie's note to us was quite judicious, but unless or
until he states clearly that he has granted permission, Henry appears to be
just an infringing thief.

On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Henry Birdseye <henry.birdseye at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This was posted on Synthesizer Freaks Facebook page:
>
> *I've found a holy grail for documentation on building analog synthesizers
> and modules! "Electronotes - Newsletter of the Musical Engineering Group"
> has articles, schematics, interviews (Robert Moog on the very first page),
> and more.*
>
> * ******
> * It would mean a GREAT deal to the project if you're able to tip him even
> a few dollars in appreciation of his work to his PayPal at
> berniehutchins at yahoo.com <berniehutchins at yahoo.com> . We need to prove to
> him that people really are interested in professionally boun*
> *d editions as well as digital downloads. Likes and comments help, too.
> ******
>
> * The collection of newsletters in the blue binder was donated to me, and
> I didn't realize how valuable and rare it is until doing some research. The
> author doesn't even have this complete of a set in this condition. Contains
> issues 50-119, 1975-1980. Newer issues are available free on his site, but
> older issues are only available for purchase as unbound duplications. If
> you have the means, please do support him by purchasing an archive or two.
> Sets are available individually, and there are package deals.*
>
> * I'm trying to talk him into letting me help digitize and find a better
> distribution system, especially since he's more interested in creating new
> content, and won't feel like making and mailing copies forever. His website
> isn't the best, so I've combined the 237 free PDFs into a .zip file w/
> index to save you 474 clicks.*
>
> * This is not for personal gain, I feel obligated to help pass on this
> knowledge to the community and future generations. Thanks.*
>
> * Full collection of 237 free issues and other docs: **http://neutrinorecords.com/…/Electronotes%20Newsletter%20-%…
> <http://neutrinorecords.com/gear/Electronotes%20Newsletter%20-%20Free%20PDF%20Collection%202017.06.23.zip>*
>
> * Support Electronotes by ordering back issues here: **http://electronotes.netfirms.com
> <http://electronotes.netfirms.com/>*
>
> * EDIT: Just to be clear, this is not my work, I'm only providing a mirror
> of his exact site in the form of a zip archive, and Mr. Hutchins is aware
> of what all is going on. Thanks!*
>
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