[Hallicrafters] Duanes-w8dbf double standard

[Ray]

Many people seem to be picking on Duane since his announcement of HCI 
ending. Others come to his defense claiming people are picking on him 
possibly due to his handicaps.

My issues have nothing to do with whether Duane has a handicap or not. 
The issues are, and always have been, the perception that Duane 
practices a double standard in his actions, a double standard that he 
insists he does not have.

This is not a personal attack on Duane, rather just a clarification of 
why I feel Duane has a double standard which may sometimes bring about 
these verbal attacks on himself. He is free to correct my impression to 
aid me in my understanding of his actions. If he does, I ask that he do 
it publicly so that we all may understand his position.

The double standard is where Duane says or does something himself which 
he prohibits others from doing. Here is a recent example of one of those 
double standards and I think may be one of the reasons why people seem 
to pick on Duane. It has nothing to do with any handicap Duane may have.

Duane posted the following on the Hallicrafter and other lists on 
Saturday July 1st at 23:51:43 EDT 2006:

Effective as of Saturday July 1, 2006 "Hallicrafters Collectors 
International", AkA "HCI", has ended. This name and logo are the 
registered property of Duane Fischer, W8DBF and may not be used by any 
one or any group for any reason without getting written consent first.

Duane also posted the following on the Heathkit list on Sunday July 2nd 
at 11:37:01 EDT 2006

I just discovered a "still sealed" copy of Dave Brubeck's "Two 
Generations Of Brubeck" done by Atlantic in 1974. Would you be 
interested in having a copy on CD remastered by me "my way"? Several on 
this list have copies of my work and I think they will affirm
that for a guy who can't see what the heck he is doing, I get the 
spindell in the hole when it comes to vinyl salvation.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Dave Brubeck's "Two Generations 
Of Brubeck" an album still under copywrite itself?  It's been 
re-released just three months ago by Atlantic as a CD. Atlantic wouldn't 
bother releasing it if they had no control over its distibution, would 
they? Is copywrite duration on music different than copywrite on other 
material? Possibly Duane has received written permission from Atlantic 
to re-master one of their albums and distribute it on his own, since he 
asks the same of us (to get written permission) before using any HCI 
material.

If this Brubeck album is still under copywrite and Duane has not 
received any written permission from Atlantic, then Duanes double 
standard is that it is not permitted for anybody to use Duane's 
property, but it is perfectly all right for Duane to copy other peoples 
material (like Dave Brubeck's "Two Generations Of Brubeck") and offer it 
to others.

Am I wrong here?

Ray W2EC