SCR Back Issues - How To Order?

[richbohlman]

How do I order back issues of the SCR and what is the cost per issue?
What address do I order them from?

Thanks -

[JWLaRue]

Hi Rich,

Our friendly membership chairman,

Hi Rich,

Our friendly membership chairman, Don Osler, is the person who handles all back issue requests. You can reach Don at membership@subcommittee.com.

...oh, I see you also posted a message about sending in your membership payment. Same person!

-welcome aboard!

Jeff

[richbohlman]

THANKS! I'll give him an

THANKS! I'll give him an e-mail about back issues of SCR once I stop playing Silent Hunter III. Just installed the game!

[tom dougherty]

If I recall, wasn't there

If I recall, wasn't there a project to put back issues onto a CD-ROM?? Did that effort ever get underway, and if so, where does it stand?

[himszy]

Tom,

I believe I'm right in

Tom,

I believe I'm right in saying that its been called off due to fears it may be illegally copied.

Michael

[tmsmalley]

Not called off yet. Chances

Not called off yet. Chances are, we will do a test run of several issues on CD and see how it goes.


Tim
president@subcommittee.com

[tom dougherty]

Tom,

I believe I'm right in

Tom,

I believe I'm right in saying that its been called off due to fears it may be illegally copied.

Michael

Since, as far as I know, we are not copyrighting the material, there is nothing "illegal" about copying the CD-ROM. The bigger concern would be loss of revenue, as the annual dues are largely if not solely linked to receiving the SCR. The simple solution to the back issue CD-ROM is to make it relatively expensive (say $29.00 for a disc with 12 issues on it). That would go some way toward discouraging people to have their acquantances freeload off of them. Besides, even if some issues are copied, dissemination of some old issues might actually help recruit new members, which we could use, due to the slowly declining membership roles. I think there was some talk of not placing more recent issues on CD-ROM, again to encourage people to join up for the latest information.

[Guest]

All issues of the SCR

All issues of the SCR and all contents are copyrighted.

[tom dougherty]

All issues of the SCR

All issues of the SCR and all contents are copyrighted.

Art, The written material IN the SCR is indeed copyrighted, BUT that copyright belongs to the authors. The work is not a "work for hire", the authors are not paid, and thus the copyright resides with the author, not with the SC. Since, as you well know, those of us who write for the SCR do not sign any copyright transfer agreement, the ownership would still reside with the author. The copyright statement also specifies a "for profit" motive in the copying. In our case, we actually are more concerned about people buying the CD and running off copies for their buddies without charging.

Now, I'm not advocating that we change anything, I'm simply pointing out that enforcing any copyright protection on SCR articles and issues would be really tough given the above...and really expensive in lawyer's fees.

[JWLaRue]

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But, I'm not sure that

Tom,

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But, I'm not sure that your description of the copyright is correct. What is written in the copyright section of the SCR seems to say otherwise.

-Jeff

[tmsmalley]

We have a magazine published

We have a magazine published by the agency I work for.

Most of the articles and photos are done by volunteers (in fact that is the name of the mag - The Minnesota Volunteer)who receive no consideration. The magazine is copyrighted and it has withstood the test of court.

I am assuming that similarly, the SC doesn't own the articles or the photos for that matter. The author and photographer could send the article or photo to another magazine - no problemo.

However, we do hold the copyright to the published version of it. So if someone copied the magazine and then sold copies - that would be an infringement.

[himszy]

However I think you have

However I think you have to remember that just because something is copyrighted, it doesn't mean that it won't be copied. Look at the music you can download off the internet.

If you publish the issues on cds someone somewhere will copy it and it is a question of how you prevent/reduce SC losses and detect them.

Does anyone know how other organisations run it (SONAR etc.) ?

Michael

[Guest]

Regarding loss of revenue.

One way

Regarding loss of revenue.

One way of securing future revenue, is to only make CD's available for past issues, and only produce the CD's every few years, rather than perhaps on an annual basis.

Therefore if people want to keep up with current reports, they will need to pay the dues.

Personally I would love to see a CD. I live in small flat, and I just don't have the room for piles and piles of magazines.

An electronic format also makes things much easier to index.

Andy

[jmw]

For waht it's worth; ModellWerft,

For waht it's worth; ModellWerft, a German magazine on R/C boats (www.vth.de/Modellbau/Werft/Werft.htm) already offers last year's issues on CD for a mere ten euros and subscribers even get it for EUR 7,40.
So I guess they don't mind possible copying problems.

I personally would be very interested in a SCR back-issue CD.

Jan Martin Wagenaar

[richbohlman]

I personally would be very

I personally would be very interested in a SCR back-issue CD.

Jan Martin Wagenaar

I also would love to see the back issues of SCR on CD!