[Milsurplus] Scanned material and the resellers

[Al Klase]

Hue,

I am in 1000% agreement with Nick.  There just isn't any percentage in 
being anal retentive with this stuff.  It's bad for our karma.

If somebody thinks he can get rich by aggregating this sort of material, 
and hawking it on Ebay, when it's available on the Web for those willing 
to search, more power to him.

As to the WS-19 guys, they established there program, maybe 20 years 
ago, in the days of slow internet access.  The got into a snit when 
somebody E-bay'ed there stuff.  I don't think that market still exists, 
and they should loosen there grip on their holdings.

BTW:  There are a few, I think rare items on my sit under FEATURED 
DOCUMENTS <http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/Docs/default.html>.   (Nothing 
like Nick's collection.)

My two cents,
Al


On 10/21/2019 8:20 PM, Nick England wrote:
> I have scanned and posted close to 1000 USN radio and teletype 
> manuals. All are open access on the internet and people can do 
> whatever they want with the scans. I don’t worry about it - I just 
> enjoy helping people who need/want the info for historical and 
> restoration efforts.
>
> I have scanned and posted the Electron issues that I have at
> http://www.navy-radio.com/manuals.htm#maintenance
>
> And I’ll be happy to scan and add yours too Hue.
>
> All my original manuals and publications will go to either AWA or NEM 
> museums some day. I gave AWA backup copies of all my scans a while 
> back. I need to update them.
>
> Best regards
> Nick
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 6:21 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com 
> <mailto:Kargo_cult at msn.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have the complete run of the U.S. Navy magazine "Electron",
>     which, just going by my memory, ran something like 1945 – 1953,
>     maybe a couple years plus on either end, I don't recall.
>
>     This is a lot of info. Not quite as cool as it sounds because a
>     lot is on VHF and radar maintenance points.
>     But I wonder, as I move to downsize, if it gets scanned – then the
>     next week someone else is offering it on Ebay on a compilation DVD
>     for $14.99, right? After all that work by someone,
>
>     there's really no way to protect it, I suppose. Maybe watermark
>     some photos, but I'm sure Ebay and Amazon don't give a rat's pass
>     about copyright, right, for example, going by Amazon's
>
>     smiling on all counterfeit book copiers selling there.  Possibly
>     the only way to protect this would be like the Wireless No.19
>     group in the U.K., which makes you jump thru some hurdles to
>
>     access a limited amount of material. Which I have no opposition
>     to, by the way.
>     Just thinking, and wondering what insights you might have.
>
>     -Hue Miller
>
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Al Klase – N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
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