[AMRadio] AMFone

[manualman at juno.com]

The Copyright laws gained some additional teeth with the passing of the
Copyright Act of 1976 and then gained bigger teeth with the passing of
the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act of 1998. 

AM Window still exists,  http://www.amwindow.org/
Only the bulletin board (forum) was disabled.

As far as moderation on AMfone:
W2INR, Gary, was the Founder and Administrator from 2002 to 2011. He and
other Administrators defined the rules and regulations of the forum which
they felt would be in the best interest of "all" members. As moderators
(and I was/is part of that team), it was our position to follow those
rules and regulations that the Administrators set down for all members to
read and accept. Those rules are still posted under the main title "Using
AMfone" - "Rules and Regs". 

Members move on for any number of reasons. AMfone, like a number of
forums that have been around for a number of years have a swinging door
that allows members to come and go for whatever reason. And. for those
that demanded control and no censorship, the moderator held the swinging
door open.

Pete, wa2cwa


On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:46:29 -0500 Mike Sawyer via AMRadio
<amradio at mailman.qth.net> writes:
> Jim, (et al),
>         I am not a lawyer and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express 
> last night, but I was always under the impression that so long as 
> you didn't use an image, passage, paragraph etc, for monetary or 
> promotional gain and it was in the public domain it didn't fall 
> under copyright laws. But who am I to know, maybe Pete, WA2CWA can 
> speak more to that since he deals with it as a matter of course. 
>         Now your last sentence touches on the 900lbs gorilla in the 
> room or the website if you will. Many AMers, myself included felt 
> that the board was being over moderate and left for more 
> 'friendlier' spaces. I returned from self-imposed exile but only to 
> check up on some others who felt their 'rigs' were cast in concrete 
> and remained and as stated, the board is a plethora of technical 
> information. I remember being on the old AM Window before it being 
> merged into what is now AMfone.net. 
> r,
> Mike(y)/W3SLK
> 
> 
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:amradio-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Candela
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 9:12 AM
> To: manualman at juno.com; Kim Elmore
> Cc: amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AMFone
> 
>  
> I have tried to enter the site about 6 times over the last few days, 
> Nada..500 error
> 
> I fear that whatever the issue is, a data purge might be necessary 
> to update, and fix the site. Without the 20+ years of data, the site 
> would never recover. Activity today on AM message boards is 
> elsewhere. 
> A reflection as to why the big posters moved away is only partially 
> due to aging members, and silent key syndrome. 
> I remember a time when I uploaded an image from a 1930's R9 
> magazine, and I was warned about copyright laws...Admin said, a 
> descendant of the author might be triggered, and sue. Never a 
> mention about copyrights that all expire, if they were ever 
> copyrighted in the first place. I once contacted the ARRL about the 
> copyright issue regarding posting QST articles from the 1950's, and 
> they would not answer my question. Therefore some board admins 
> enforce the copyright issue, even going back to R9 magazine in the 
> 1930's, much like an HOA Karen.
> 
> Jim
> Wd5JKO
> 
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