Re: (Fwd) Copyright

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 16 Oct 96 at 5:25, Chris Hale wrote:

> >I realize some of the people that subscribe to this forum do not make their
> living as photographers, However those of us that do as well as those of us
> that dont should not copy things that have copyright.  You are stealing from
> that person or company plain and simple!  Whether it's a cd, a computer
> program, book, or photograph you are stealing  that means breaking the law.
> Unfortunatly our society has desintigrated to the point that there is very
> little respect for one another.  If you have ever had anything stolen from
> you of value remember how it felt.  To copy something that is copyrighted is
> to take money from that particular entity.  I will get of my soapbox now,
> enough said.
> Chris Hale

Chris, we are talking about a scientific book from the year 1946,
written by one of the leading employees at Kodak Rochester
Laboratories, Walter Clark; and dedicated to Dr. C.E.K. Mees, head
of Kodak Research. It contains material that none of us mortal souls
could ever dig up again, including data provided by Ilford, Agfa,
Corning Glass and Carl-Zeiss. This is *NOT* a mainstream photo book,
this is written by one of the Godfathers of modern IR-film. The 
author is almost certainly dead, and the publisher doesn't exist 
anymore. There are no later editions, and the book is extremely rare.

If copyright means depriving us from this kind of historical
information, Walter would probably return from his grave to tell us
otherwise. He would never find eternal rest if we just collected his
book for the sake of collecting and did *not* spread his ancient
words.
And believe me, he would have been proud of us using this 
modern medium for sharing his information. Very proud. 
At least I would.

To end with a nice quote with which this books starts (yep, I got it 
Tammy!):

"...the eye of the camera would see plainly where the human eye would 
find nothing but darkness. Alas! that this speculation is somewhat 
too refined to be introduced with effect into a modern novel or 
romance; for what a denouement we should have, if we could suppose 
the secrets of the darkened chammber to be revealed by the testimony 
of the imprinted paper."

William Henry Fox Talbot, "The Pencil of Nature," 1844.

(note similarity of above first name with your's truly once 
again...:-))

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Bye,

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