Theos-Talk Archives (January 2011 Message tt00077)

Good to know that.

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:28 PM, John W <JohnWW@RLG1jxfJGqh-vJ5wCuRNjpQbB_IbH0gavvUmKcKp5Hh6dbPm1KPfXhs_sOFra3l7x1ofm7afqZ4v.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> That certainly cannot constitute a valid copyright in any country, as no
> significantly new work is produced in that way. Only the new comments, and
> any new introduction, can be lawfully claimed to be copyright.
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> John W.
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> --- On Fri, 7/1/11, MKR <mkr777@NjnS39OMN6pbYX8KI00YjY5P0dkwD0lMsssPOwyimMzbYqyR8wTbxCJdVucDW2RLxP4XPTWD.yahoo.invalid <mkr777%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> From: MKR <mkr777@NjnS39OMN6pbYX8KI00YjY5P0dkwD0lMsssPOwyimMzbYqyR8wTbxCJdVucDW2RLxP4XPTWD.yahoo.invalid <mkr777%40gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: Out of print theosophical books - A simple
> solution
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Friday, 7, January, 2011, 4:58 AM
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> Last night a friend of mine was telling me that even publications out of
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> copyright have been scanned and few comments added here and there and
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> copyright is claimed by the publisher.
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> Even SD Commentaries fall into the same category. 99% of the material is
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> of copyright.
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> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Konstantin Zaitzev <kay_ziatz@RlCyepFks4W-fskZOjU75QUpmh-b9CEfShh8h2HgjjBF6cu-YQDAC29ul7wvez0ELQJzRc2IPL_awGLcCw.yahoo.invalid<kay_ziatz%40yahoo.com>
> >wrote:
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> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk%
> 40yahoogroups.com>, Joshua
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> > <joshuachad@...> wrote:
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> > > I think that since Google has already set up an iniative to digitize
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> > > some of the worlds libraries, perhaps this could be an option.
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> > > I would assume that if a theosophical org volunteered
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> > > their library to be digitized by Google it could take place.
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> > To begin with, even lesser thing should be done.
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> > Many books are already digitized, including "The Theosophist" for many
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> > years, but the content isn't available as copyrighted, and copyright is
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> > attributed to companies having no relation to the Theosophical Society..
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> > First the Society should claim its rights for already digitized material.
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