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I haven't found mention of this elsewhere, so I'm going to open a folder. Has anyone considered pooling resources and scanning old issues of Famous Monsters into computers for the purpose of creating...

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From the U.S. Copyright Office circular Duration of Copyright:Quote:This circular provides a general summary of the statutory provisions dealing with duration of copyright under the Copyright Act of...

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Copyright law is the most torturous, twisting, ever-changing and misunderstood part of the entire world-wide legal system(s). There is currently a little known debate going on in Washington, complete...

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Quote:Works originally copyrighted between January 1, 1950, and December 31, 1963: Copyrights in their first 28-year term on January 1, 1978, still had to be renewed in order to be protected for the...

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Maybe we need an ANNOTATED FM index/archive, with corrections and additional information. I cringe along with others at some of the misstatements in those early issues, but I think we have to realize...

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How about a horror wikipedia instead?

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The Sci-Fi Channel website is setting up a SciFipedia which includes some horror material--I know because I wrote some of the start up articles.

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I mean, since you guys know a lot more now than Forry knew then, why bother annotating old FMs? Why not put that knowledge into some simple structure like a wiki (instead of spread at random over...

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The Big Problem: Who would host and pay for hosting a horror wikipedia? The costs of maintaining such a site (bandwidth usage) would be high, and any paid advertising would probably fall way short of...

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That explains why there are so few pages on the web and why it is growing so slowly. Really, there are so many ways to do it for free, the problem is choosing which one:...

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Quote:Is there any interest in preserving the vast knowledge of this board's members for (and to inspire) future generations of fans? Nope. No interset. I'm kidding.

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Wouldn't a comprehensive FAMOUS MONSTERS database be an exercise in overkill? I mean, honestly, how many WANTED: MORE MONSTERS LIKE ... and YOU AXED FOR IT ... items would you want to read 30, 40...

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Someone said it earlier, nostalgia. That would be the only reason to do an FM database. I know I love to look through old issues, to see the ads especially. I still look on Ebay for old issues I used...

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Quote:Wouldn't a comprehensive FAMOUS MONSTERS database be an exercise in overkill? I mean, honestly, how many WANTED: MORE MONSTERS LIKE ... and YOU AXED FOR IT ... items would you want to read 30,...

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Just to put my two cents in, I think that a FMOF database, or better yet, the complete FMOF on CD-Rom would be a great idea. Sadly, as has been noted, there are numerous legal problems with either of...

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Quote:To suggest that the primary reason that kids bought FM was for its informative value is the equivalent of suggesting that people buy Playboy solely to read the articles. LOL. Great analogy. I...

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Aw, c'mon, Playboy ran fiction by Ray Bradbury and Ian Fleming; there was reading involved!

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Quote:The original FM was published before the computer age and (mostly) before the video revolution. At that time you couldn’t just go online and Google for your favorite still from the Bride of...

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If your just compiling the issues for reference and not selling anything I can't see a copyright issue.

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That probably wouldn't stop Ray Ferry from threatening a lawsuit though.

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