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08-16-2015, 12:07 PM | #1 |
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Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
One of my T-bird club members forwarded me text from an old article that he wants to see printed in our club magazine, saying he found it on a Facebook posting a few years ago and feels that it's public domain/fair use to reprint it without acknowledging the author or getting permissions to reprint. As I'm a responsible person, I want to find the original author to get permission to reprint it. I did find it posted on a website that was generated in 2004 or so: Guy calls himself timmy but I can't tell if he authored it or copied it from someone else.
http://m571.com/yblock/index.htm The article itself is this: Tuning Y Block Distributors at Home http://m571.com/yblock/distributortuning.htm Anyone got any information on this, who originally wrote it, or how to get ahold of "timmy" so that I don't run afoul of copyright law?
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08-16-2015, 01:25 PM | #2 |
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Re: Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
I'll bet the ranch it was Tim McMaster, the Y-Block Guy. He's still around and active over on the Y-Blocks Forever forum.
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08-16-2015, 04:10 PM | #3 |
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08-16-2015, 06:42 PM | #4 |
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Re: Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
Thanks. Have sent him an email to verify if he's the author. The fact that he's into late '50s-early '60s F100s and uses the moniker "timmy" makes me think I'm on the right track.
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08-16-2015, 09:51 PM | #5 |
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Re: Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
The 'Timmy' of Timmy's Y-Block Page is definetly NOT Tim McMaster.
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08-16-2015, 10:35 PM | #6 |
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08-17-2015, 07:53 AM | #7 |
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Re: Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
If you want your distributor to work right, send it here.
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08-17-2015, 11:31 AM | #8 |
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Re: Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
I reprinted Ford Shop Manuals for nearly 30 years and dealt with Ford, Ford Licensing and copyright attorneys in the process. In summary: the only protection the original author has is if he copyrighted his information. If it is not copyrighted, he has no protection from reprinting and use by others. The copyright logo and information must be included on the manuscripts to further protect the original author or owner of the material.
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08-17-2015, 02:46 PM | #9 |
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Re: Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
Thanks, Tinker. I did get confirmation from McMaster that it was not him. Will follow up on the Piegat lead.
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08-17-2015, 03:31 PM | #10 |
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Hmmm, guess I lose the ranch...
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08-17-2015, 11:26 PM | #11 |
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Re: Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
Tinker - the email address you pm'ed me didn't work. Still trying to go through Ford Truck Enthusiasts' website to find some way to contact the guy.
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08-26-2015, 08:35 PM | #12 |
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Re: Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
I would think you are printing it in a club news letter and not selling it so I would just put it in with the statement author unknown. At the time it was posted the author did not feel it was important enough to add their name and the home site it was posted on maybe is no longer in operation.
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08-27-2015, 04:33 PM | #13 |
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Re: Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
redmodelt - good point. Reference back to the website as the resource may be my best bet at this point to keep from running afoul of the copyright attorneys. But the search still continues.
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08-27-2015, 08:58 PM | #14 |
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Re: Trying to Find Original Author/Permission to Reprint
I think your flogging a dead horse. Unless used for commercial purposes, most likely there are no repercussions. Just give what credit you can find
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