Hi Mike, Thanks for looking into this! All the best, Paul Machado On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 11:59 AM Mike via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I spoke with a friend of mine who is a non-practicing attorney currently a > self employed editor/ indexer of literary works from all types of clients. > I let him review the email chain. He looked at our web presence and felt it > very clearly is for the benefit of education and hobbyist. In short there > is a history of sharing information in a not for profit manner? His real > question is what would one gain by legal action? No one wins and it’s > likely never to happen. If litigation did result, there is little to obtain > from PBS, hard to prove harm to the author, or affiliated organization. > He doubted a lawyer even as Pro Bono would take on the effort. > > Hope thus helps to understand the risks? > > Mike > > Hope that helps, > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 9:25 AM Kipp McMichael via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > Given that no one is attempting to sell anything, the publishing > > organization is defunct, most authors have likely left this world and, in > > any case, none of them would have been opposed to dissemination of their > > work to current and future generations of horticulturalists: I think we > are > > in safe territory. > > > > Otherwise, we are choosing handwringing about truly insubstantial > > copyright concerns over creating an archive of some very useful > > horticultural information. I would go so far as to assert that The > Society > > has a positive obligation to preserve/archive this content that more than > > justifies the minor, hypothetical transgression. > > > > The Society should make these pdfs available on the website. The worst > > that could happen is a cease-and-desist letter (that will never come > > because no one will pay a lawyer to write one). If that zero-likelihood > > event were to occur, we could remove the pdfs from the website. > > > > Let us be bold and make this contribution to horticultural posterity. > > ________________________________ > > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of Arnold > > Trachtenberg via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2021 5:04 AM > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Cc: Arnold Trachtenberg <arnold140@verizon.net> > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Herbertia and Plant Life publications > > > > I think the International Bulb Society is no longer a viable organization > > and as they were the copyright holder there is no longer a copyright > > Arnold New Jersey > > > > > > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS > > > > > > On Saturday, March 13, 2021, 3:15 AM, Tim Harvey via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > Does this constitute fair use? > > > > T > > > > > On Mar 12, 2021, at 11:37 PM, phyllis rock via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > > Thank you. What a lovely gift to so many appreciative plant lovers! > > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > > > > On Friday, March 12, 2021, 9:59 PM, Michael Homick via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > > My fellow bulb enthusiasts: > > > I have started the process as time permits of scanning > > > and transferring Herbertia and Plant Life issues into pdf's. I hope to > > make > > > an additional year available every week. I have started with the1953 > > > edition. Go to the link below and click on the image to download the > PDF > > > file. Please note that these files are large and will take time to > > > download. I suggest you save the files on your hard drive or a memory > > stick > > > to access in the future. Future issues to follow weekly. 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