[Heathkit] Duanes-w8dbf double standard

[Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

Nope, Duane is wrong although he thinks he is correct and Ray, you are 
correct.  The copywrite on the Atlantic Dave Brubeck album has not expired. 
A copy is a copy and is illegal regardless of the intent or usage.

73
Bob, K4TAX

----- 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 2:55 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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