Brian, you could sweeten the pot by pointing to the magazine on your
page and maybe getting them more subscribers..
BTW, the list gets archived and the archives are indexed by Google, so
your obfuscation has a limited life.
In the US, lists are copyright free, so if you just had the tables, you
might be legal.
Tom
On Thursday, July 04, 2002 at 2:04, Lee Penzias
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] ( OM ) Lens and camera tes" saying:
> Brian,
>
> Simply writing to the copyright holder might be an idea - and get
> permission to have them up. Tell them they are simply for discussion
> within the OM Zuiko list members and not for any commercial purpose.
> Point out that the items are just about "obsolete" in industry terms
> and we are really talking about what will soon be dropped by the
> manufacturer themselves.
>
> The tests posted on the list certainly are useful, on an individual
> personal level - and for discussion. I have been content with
> copying and filing them from here for my personal use.
>
> Cheers,
> Lee
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] ( OM ) Lens and camera test pages etc
>
> Hello folk,
>
> I want to make a couple of points to the group about the lens-test
> pages that I put up on the internet.
>
> Firstly, I started these before I found those excellent tests
> performed by a group member and which many of us put high reliance
> on, and before I found other excellent pages of lens and body data on
> OM gear. My intention is not to compete in any way with those
> excellent works. Rather, since the information I post was once
> available in shops and maybe in some places still in libraries, I
> want to continue the availability to interested (OM) photographers. I
> see them (the pages) just as another dimension to the resources that
> this group has available to it and I hope people find them of some
> use. Not replacing or competing, but augmenting.
>
> Secondly, those pages ( I think excepting those from Modern
> Photography) are still subject to copyright. I have taken steps to
> protect myself from discovery by the copyright owner, by placing them
> in a server directory which search engines are supposed to not enter.
> There's a special code ISPs can use, and that has been put in place.
> So I will appreciate it if none of you place links on your pages to
> my lens-test directory. If I find links, or search engine data that
> show they have been "discovered" I will probably delete the pages.
>
> I believe I am doing no harm to the copyright holder. They have
> ceased to advertise that people can buy reprints, and have not listed
> the tests for quite some time as far as I am aware. I get no
> financial reward for displaying the pages (the reverse, actually),
> and am not denying them any income, IMO.
>
> Brian
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