[Coco] RAINBOW scans

[Mike Pepe]

Hey guys, we've been through this too many times. Yes, we are all aware
that there are legal implications but this project has been stalled for
no good reason for far too long. And none of us are lawyers anyway,
which makes it indeed "murky"...

We have a way out that I think will appease both the moral high ground
and the desire to git 'r done.

There is an agreement in place between Mike and Lonnie to scan, sell,
and collect royalties from scanned copies of Rainbow magazine published
in DVD form.

I remember Mike saying that he had an exclusive agreement to make the
scans and do this.

I think what all of us who are interested in seeing this come to
completion shoud do is pay Mike now for whatever royalty he was going to
collect from the DVD and send to Lonnie. He will then send a nice check
over to Lonnie's estate who will then cash it. Who in their right mind
would turn down free money? 

So, now, you've paid for the right to receive an electronic copy of the
rainbow. We can then collect the scans together somewhere to build a
library, and at some point agree to a "final" version to burn to DVD and
distribute.

It may not be to the letter of the original agreement, but the spirit is
there, and let's face facts: Lonnie's estate has had two years to review
his documents and find this contract, which presumably contains contact
information, and has not contacted anyone. Several members of this list
have attempted to contact the estate and have not received direction or
instruction... so I doubt the estate has any interest in what we're
doing and certainly it's extremely unlikely anyone is going to end up in
jail for scanning a 20 year old magazine.

...two cents