[Coco] Re: Rainbow on Disc

[Richard E. Crislip]

Hello Michael

That price plus a couple dollars more for your efforts sounds reasonable to
me. I'd buy it for $40.00. Having the complete Rainbows on a CD or DVD
would be awesome!

On 06/08/2005, Michael Wayne Harwood wrote:
> Here is the latest communication thread regarding what I would like to
> unofficially dub "Rainbow on Disc".  I think that Lonnie's terms are
> extremely fair.  At $.25 per issue the entire Rainbow archive of 144
> issues could be had for $36 plus shipping and media costs.  Are there
> any thoughts regarding the costs or what Lonnie has proposed?
>
> I think we should start a discussion regarding the actual work and the
> practical details involved.  Boisy has some good questions regarding
> standards and consistency.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Harwood
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message
> ---------------------------- Subject: RE: Rainbow magazines
> From:    "Michael Wayne Harwood" <michael at musicheadproductions.org>
>   Date:  Wed, June 8, 2005 9:00 am
> To:      mayor at prospectky.com
> Cc:      dave at cococentral.org
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Lonnie,
>
> Thank you very much for your quick responses and willingness to work
> with us to make this happen!  What you have outlined sounds fair to me,
> and I will forward this to the Coco mailing list to make them aware of
> your proposal.  If you don't mind I would like to draft an initial
> letter and send it to you via email so that we can make sure that
> everything is in order before I send it via snail mail.
>
> I am thinking of calling this project "Rainbow on Disc" and would like
> your feedback regarding this choice of names as well as your thoughts
> regarding the use of the Rainbow graphics, logos, etc for any printing,
> websites, or other similar usage.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Harwood
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message
> ---------------------------- Subject: RE: [Fwd: RE: Rainbow magazines]
> From:    "Lonnie Falk - Mayor" <mayor at prospectky.com>
> Date:    Wed, June 8, 2005 8:01 am
> To:      michael at musicheadproductions.org
> Cc:      dave at cococentral.org
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Michael:
>
> I am not really interested in making money, but in protecting
> copyright. I would think 25 cents per issue of the magazine would be
> sufficient. I just got off the phone with my legal eagle, who says the
> amount has to be more than a "token" and he feels 25 cents or more per
> issue would be sufficient to accomplish that.
>
> We would also want:
>
> 1. One copy of each CD (or whatever) you produce. I assume you are not
> planning on burning custom copies. That would certainly drive you
> crazy. If you are planning on doing that, we'll have to re-think
> archival copies on this end.
>
> 2. That if being offered as issues, the issue must be done completely,
> ads and all. That is, an image of the issue.
>
> 3. That whatever "printing" appears on the disk label, packaging and
> advertising, the phrase "Content copyright (c) by Rainbow Magazine and
> Falsoft Inc., 1980-2005, all rights reserved. Offered under license to
> (whatever or whoever). May not be reproduced in whole or in part."
>
> 4. An "accounting" of copies sold and appropriate funds to cover the
> license on a quarterly basis, say January, April, July and October, in
> the form of a check so there would be a paper trail for me.
>
> You could send me a letter to 5803 Timber Ridge Dr., Prospect, KY 40059
> outlining these conditions and signed. I would respond with a letter
> approving. I'd suggest you draft up the letter and email it to be sure
> we don't get into sending letters back and forth if there is any
> discussion about language.
>
> As to quality, I think that would be up to you. My experience is if you
> put out a crummy product, then you are not going to sell any. Or, at
> least, not many.
>
> My only suggestion is that, as you may or may not be aware, HP has come
> out with a new DVD-CD burning technology called LightScribe that
> "burns" an image on the "label side" of a disk right in the drive. You
> just flip the DVD or CD over. It is a little slow, is all in greyscale,
> but they say they will have a speedup out in the next month or two.
> I've gotten rid of all my "Stompers" and the like in favor of it. The
> greyscale looks rather elegant, I think.
>
> Lastly, I think it would be counterproductive to have both you and Dave
> doing the same thing. You were first to suggest this, so you get first
> chance to say yea or nay. Let me know what you think.
>
> Best
> Lonnie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Wayne Harwood [mailto:michael at musicheadproductions.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:21 AM
> To: mayor at prospectky.com
> Cc: dave at cococentral.org
> Subject: [Fwd: RE: Rainbow magazines]
>
> Lonnie,
>
> Thank you for your quick reply.  I would like to discuss the costs of
> licensing electronic reproductions with you.   What exactly do you have
> in mind in regards to both the cost and other practical issues such as
> quality control??
>
> Regards,
> Michael Harwood
>
>
>
Regards
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