[R-390] R390A video tapes for sale

[Shoppa, Tim]

The Chuck Rippel videos were a great resource especially in the 1990's (I think that's when I first got wind of them).

But... this is 2010. The original Rippel videos are now (according to the one place I know used to sell them, Universal Radio) discontinued so essentially unavailable. There's an addendum available on VHS evidently (which I have not seen, maybe it includes the original, or maybe the original is a prerequisite.)

And they're VHS. Not the most durable media. I mean, I like listening to old 78's on my Caliphone player (6L6's in push pull, mind you!) but VHS tapes that are just 15 years old have not held up nearly as well as those shellac 78's from the 1930's.

What's ironic, is that by letter of the law, if anyone decides to make their originals into a more modern durable medium (digital or DVD or whatever) that nobody else is allowed to share in the originals anymore, even though I don't know if they can be bought anywhere. And even if the law weren't so clear on this I still think we'd be morally responsible to respect Chuck's wishes.

Somehow I think we ought to have similar resources that will be available forever (not just on decaying videotapes), and which are continuously available. Some of this spirit produced the Y2K book. And no, I don't know how to do all this by myself. I'm just pontificating.

Tim N3QE

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From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net [r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robert Nickels [ranickel at comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 10:49 AM
To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [R-390] R390A video tapes for sale

On 11/6/2010 8:51 AM, Bill Marvin wrote:
> How is this sale any different from selling your used books to a used book store so
> that someone else might enjoy the books at a reduced price?
The difference is,  most people do not make a photocopy of the book to
keep before they sell or donate the original.
> Jon is not selling copies of the tapes.
No, but he admitted he copied them and while I'm not a lawyer I know the
legality of this (i.e. "Betamax Case") is murky.  But the real issue -
and Perry's point - is that it's wrong to do this if we hope great
resources like Chuck Rippel will continue to share their expertise.

73, Bob W9RAN
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