Original Posted By: "Richard Schreiber"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: CopyrightBryan Copyright is both a necessary and a positive thing. It is what has made it possible for you to quietly build that airplane. I could be mistaken here because there are a number of types of work products that fall under many different names, but without some sort of work property protection would you still be able to buy plans for the Piet? Would Don still answer the phone to answer your questions? Of course not and if you were lucky you might find a set of partial plans that you might be able to get to a copy machine to get a copy of a good enough quality to maybe build your airplane.Sharing ideas amoung builders is how many problems are solved. New ideas and new ways to solve old problems might well justify a newsletter. That sharing of ideas is the purpose of this list.Yet I am a photographer and I get paid based on the work I produce. I don't want anyone stealing (and yes that's exactly what it is) an image from me and putting it out in some other form for a profit. If I find out, they pay one way or another. If they are reasonable they pay normal rates plus a small surcharge. If not they pay a WHOLE lot more.For what ever reason the previous publisher has decided not to allow reproduction. That should most certainly be respected. That does not mean new work couldn't be created, and in fact it might be even better. Was a dremel tool out 30 years ago? How many uses could you find for that tool in building a Piet? How could that work into practices used back in the 30's?Passing on solid information is one thing, but there is a big difference between "passing on information" and effectively photocopying someones hard work without them being compensated for the effort. How long would Flying Magazine stay in business if only one person at the airport bought it, and then just passed around photocopies for the rest of the airport? The only difference is the size of the circulation.----- Original Message ----- Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:11 PM>> As I sit here reading all the Bull-s--t about who or who does not hold a > copyright on idea's for building and flying a Pietenpol, that I would > think everyone should and would want to pass this information on to all > builder's both old and new. And to hear that the old idea's and > information should stay buried and not be shared with the new builder's > because someone cannot come up with new material and is just pirating > someone else's idea's is a bunch of CRAP! I thought that this is what this > was all about. If this is the way and attitude of most of the Builder's > and Flyer's of this network then I will quietly Build and Fly my Pietenpol > knowing that I did not infringe on anyone's Damn Copyright or use there > idea's or techniques to get my Plane finished. And all this time I thought > this was supposed to be a Fun thing to do between a group of people with > the same GOAL, To Build and Fly a Pietenpol. Bryan>> __________________________________________________________________> Switch to Netscape Internet Service.> As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at > http://isp.netscape.com/register>> Netscape. Just the Net You Need.>> New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer> Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups.> Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp>>> ________________________________________________________________________________