Paul C Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 The copyright on the ranklists and books that I digitize has expired. While I do not maintain that I own copyright on the scanned files I believe that through my hardward and investment of time, effort and money for books, software and scanner that I have a "moral" copyright. I have not offered books for sale on CD if the copyright is in place. I declined the PDF the book "Heros of the Marine Corps" once I found out the copyright was renewed in the mid-1980s. I wish other could see the work that goes into creating a PDF of a ranklist. For example a 1000 page ranklist take about 7-8 hours to scan on a scanner that cost several 100 dollars. Once the jpegs are created they must be combined into a single PDF. This is done with Adobe Suite which cost over $500. Then the PDF must be checked and bookmarked which takes another hour or so. It is not a simple, fast process. Each and every book that is listed in my catalogue, there are over 100 ranklists and state and court books, was scanned by me or I paid someone to scan.
Wild Card Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 The copyright on the ranklists and books that I digitize has expired. While I do not maintain that I own copyright on the scanned files I believe that through my hardward and investment of time, effort and money for books, software and scanner that I have a "moral" copyright. I have not offered books for sale on CD if the copyright is in place. I declined the PDF the book "Heros of the Marine Corps" once I found out the copyright was renewed in the mid-1980s. I wish other could see the work that goes into creating a PDF of a ranklist. For example a 1000 page ranklist take about 7-8 hours to scan on a scanner that cost several 100 dollars. Once the jpegs are created they must be combined into a single PDF. This is done with Adobe Suite which cost over $500. Then the PDF must be checked and bookmarked which takes another hour or so. It is not a simple, fast process. Each and every book that is listed in my catalogue, there are over 100 ranklists and state and court books, was scanned by me or I paid someone to scan. Hey Paul C! Where can we see your catalog?
Paul C Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 I can email a catalogue to anyone who wants it. Just send me a PM with your email address.
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