[Coco] [Fwd: RE: Rainbow magazines]

[Michael Wayne Harwood]

My undestanding is that Rainbow ran from July '81 through May '93, and my
calculations brings that to a total of 144 magazines.  I went ahead and
sent an email to Lonnie asking what he is thinking in regards to price and
how he would like it to work.

I did a little research in regards to what other magazines have done for
their CDROM archives and how much they charge.  Dr. Dobbs Journal charges
$99 for a CDROM of over 200 issues, and other magazines I found are along
the lines of $50 for a CDROM of multiple issues.

I currently have 96 Rainbow magazines, with a little over two thirds being
in good shape.  I will post my list within the next couple of days to my
website.  Others have mentioned they would be willing to share for the
process of scanning, and I would be willing to share my Rainbow collection
for this purpose as well as long as an agreement is reached with Lonnie.

Everyone on this list seems to have a different opinion in regards to how
this should be handled, but I pray that we can come to a satisfactory
arrangement with Lonnie that most, if not all, of us can live with.

Regards,
Michael


> All this means is that we won't get to $0. That is OK. We know it's not

> going to be free. Now we just need to figure out what those copyright

> issues are, what they will cost, and what kind of profit Lonnie expects

> to make out of it.

>

> So, you've got the fish on the line. Just keep going! If you hit a

> sticking point, I suggest bringing it to the group.

>

> Lets get some numbers. How many issues of rainbow are there? Then based

> on that try to come up with the overhead of licensing issues per copy,

>

> Like I said before it would be useful to get an idea of how much a copy

> on ebay usually costs to acquire, and work down from there making sure

> Lonnie gets profit and all costs are covered. But I don't think an

> electronic copy is worth as much as a real copy if that helps.

>

> -- John.

>

> On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 18:25 -0600, Michael Wayne Harwood wrote:

>> Well...here's Lonnie's reply.  I am not sure exactly how to proceed, or

>> if

>> I am the appropriate person to pursue this with Lonnie.  I am interested

>> in what kind of license fees would be entailed...

>>

>> Regards,

>> Michael Harwood

>>

>> ---------------------------- Original Message

>> ----------------------------

>> Subject: RE: Rainbow magazines

>> From:    "Lonnie Falk - Mayor" <mayor at prospectky.com>

>> Date:    Tue, June 7, 2005 6:13 pm

>> To:      "'Dave Poitras'" <dave at cococentral.org>

>>          michael at musicheadproductions.org

>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

>>

>> Michael and Dave:

>>

>> I am going to respond to both of you together, if you do not mind.

>>

>> I am willing to discuss the licensing of reproductions of The Rainbow.

>> Such licensing would have to involve a fee payable to me. I'm not trying

>> to hold anyone up, but the issues are complex involving copyrights not

>> only of the magazine itself, but also the copyrights we bought from

>> every

>> person whose material appeared in the magazine.

>>

>> We have to do this because there remain issues and potential income

>> sources out there for the magazine, even this long after we ended

>> publication. This includes some IRS issues. You don't want to know and

>> you

>> sure don't want to get involved with that.

>>

>> So, simply, I will not (because I can not) allow the reproduction of The

>> Rainbow in whole or in part without a license from me. I've been told

>> that

>> if anyone does this, I will have to pursue it legally. I can and I will

>> be

>> willing to discuss licensing if either of you -- or both of you -- wish

>> to

>> do so. Just email me back.

>>

>> Best Wishes,

>>

>> Lonnie Falk

>>

>>

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: Michael Wayne Harwood [mailto:michael at musicheadproductions.org]

>> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:33 AM

>> To: mayor at prospectky.com

>> Subject: Rainbow Magazine

>>

>> Lonnie,

>>

>> I assume that I have the right email address for the Editor of the

>> Rainbow

>> magazine for the TRS-80 Color Computer.

>>

>> You may not remember, but a couple of years ago I emailed you regarding

>> doing a project where scanned Rainbow magazines could be offered in a

>> digital format (e.g. PDF on CDROM, etc).  You mentioned at the time that

>> you would be willing to consider allowing the sale of the products of

>> such

>> a project and I wanted to ask if you would still be willing to consider

>> this. If so, I would like to start a conversation with you in regards to

>> the possibilities and costs associated with this project.

>>

>> Many of us in the Coco community would like to see this magazine

>> preserved

>> and are willing to take the time and effort to make it happen.  What we

>> don't want is to do anything illegal or unethical.

>>

>> Regards,

>> Michael Harwood

>> CoCo Enthusiast since 1982

>>

>>

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: Dave Poitras [mailto:dave at cococentral.org]

>> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 6:33 PM

>> To: mayor at prospectky.com

>> Subject: Rainbow magazines

>>

>> Hello Mayor Falk,

>>

>> This may be off the wall, but here goes.

>> I and many others are keeping the

>> CoCo alive & kicking

>> Is there any chance that you would give us permission to scan in the

>> Rainbow magazines and distribute them to other CoCo Nuts for free. If

>> not

>> I will understand, but it would be a shame to waist this

>> valuable source.

>>

>> Regards,

>>

>> Dave Poitras

>> Thank you

>>

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>> --

>> "The best place to be is here,

>>  the best time to be is now."

>>              -- Bill and Ted

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