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Thanks to everyone who has responded so far.
I would not copyright the patches.
Everyone who had subscribed would receive a pdf of the patch diagram
and possibly an mp3.
These would be delivered by email.
There would be nothing to prevent a recipient from posting the patch
elsewhere, except their own sense of honor and honesty.
But if things got bad enough I could possibly devise some sort of
watermark so they could be traced. Hopefully that would not be
necessary.
I would want the contributors to recieve some compensation. I would
not expect to keep anything for myself.
It costs money to publish a book and to distibute/sell it.
This would cost the contributors nothing and they would actually
benefit from their contributions.
This will only work if there are enough people willing to subscribe
and to contribute.
A possible alternative form of distribution would be a secure
website requiring a password. This would be a little bit more
expensive and possibly a little more work to manage, but there is
still nothing to prevent someone from sharing his or her password.
There is also nothing to keep someone from photocopying a book or
scanning a book and posting the scans.

Just some thoughts.

Paul Haneberg