[meteorite-list] Re: Park Forest DVD

From: Rob Wesel <*Nakhladog_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:09 2004 Message-ID: <0a7201c30aa2$4f4f90a0$629fe70c_at_GOLIATH> · Nakhladog_at_meteoritecentral.com

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Rob Wesel
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We are the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
Willy Wonka, 1971
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Martino" <martino.6_at_osu.edu>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:12 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Park Forest DVD (Rob Wesel)
> Rob,
>
> Regarding the sale of this DVD, I feel the need to STRONGLY advise against
> it. You are setting yourself up for MAJOR problems.
>
> All those broadcast news shows are copyrighted. Each piece of video is
owned
> by a different organization. Every one of them will come after you if they
> find out about this. It's one thing to send free copies to friends. The
> "fair use" provisions of copyright law would seem to apply. But Selling
> these DVD's is blatantly illegal. You are not selling them to recoup your
> cost. What does a blank disk run? $1.00 or so? To charge $35 for a disk
> clearly shows you making a large profit off the work of others. It is also
> very unethical. I for one would love to have one of these DVD's. But I
> cannot in good conscience pay for one. And you in good conscience
shouldn't
> sell them. Put them on eBay and you are guaranteed to get sued five ways
to
> Sunday. Remember the stupid, stupid kids who stole the moon rocks from
NASA
> and then tried to set up a sale of them ON THE INTERNET?
>
> If you want to share this footage with others (a good thing) then have
> people send you blank disks of appropriate type along with postage-paid
> return envelopes. Then you are not selling the disks and the TV stations
> have little to hang a lawsuit on. There are three tests for copyright
> violation. You are OK as long as: (1) You are using only a small amount of
> the original material. (2) It is used for educational purposes. (3) No
> profit is being made. Of the three, the last is the most important. It is
> also the one you clearly are violating.
>
> Don't do it Rob. Please.
>
> -----
> Bob Martino, Tucson, AZ
>
> Can you really name a star?  Read the Truth!
> http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/
> .
>
> > Message: 3
> > From: "Rob Wesel" <Nakhladog_at_attbi.com>
> > To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:22:26 -0700
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest DVD
> >
> > Hello all-
> >
> > As you know from an earlier post, Mike Farmer has compiled every
broadcast
> > news story from the Park Forest opening day ceremonies. I enjoyed my
copy
> so
> > much I had it converted to DVD to protect it from degradation. After
> > speaking with Mike to obtain permission, I am having a few dozen copies
> > made, complete with cases, cover art, and disc labels and will offer
them
> > for sale here first.
> >
> > This is 57 glorious minutes of  non-stop, commercial free footage from
> every
> > news station in Chicago. The morning starts out a bit repetitive as
little
> > information is known. As the day unfolds, virtually every house is
> visited.
> > Cars, windows, houses, and streets. Interviews with homeowners,
> scientists,
> > collectors, and finders. Fireball footage from three different sources.
> >
> > See now why this fall is selling for $30 per gram as the media increases
> the
> > "value" with every report, see the institutions warn the public about
> > meteorite dealers.
> >
> > This DVD is region free and should play on any DVD player worldwide,
> refund
> > gladly returned if this is incorrect. I will be ready to ship Monday or
> > Tuesday. Pre-order now and the price is $35 plus $4 US priority, $9
global
> > priority, $7 Canada priority. Shipping charges static if more than one
> copy
> > ordered. When they hit eBay at $40 this offer is over.
> >
> > Here's the link, watch for the wraparound as the list usually takes it
to
> > the next line of the URL
> >
> >
>
http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/27e2423e/bc/Park+Forest/__hr_PF+DVD.jpg?bckZw
> > p.Aps68BIT0
> >
> > --
> > Rob Wesel
> > ------------------
> > We are the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
> > Willy Wonka, 1971
>
>
>
>
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