Re: (Fwd) Copyright

[chale@xxxxxxxxxxx (Chris Hale)]

>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...:-))
>
>--
>Bye,
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>      The desire to understand 
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>[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
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>As long as all legal efforts have have been exhausted there is probably no
copyright infringement happening here, I misunderstood what the subject
matter was my appology to all. But, please think twice about the next piece
of software you borrow.
Chris Hale


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