[Heathkit] Duanes-w8dbf double standard

[Chris Trask]

Ray,
    I've had my own experiences with Duane and his less-than-social manner.
At this point, however, I think it would be best if we just let the poor
fellow alone and let him deal with his troubles without us adding to them.
I hope that whoever takes over his positions on the various lists will have
learned from the friction that he caused for himself and will try to do a
better job of being more congenial.

Chris

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray" <w2ec at bmjsports.com>
To: "List-Hallicrafters" <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "List-Hammarlund"
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Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:55 PM
Subject: [Heathkit] Duanes-w8dbf double standard


> 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
>
>
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