[Coco] RAINBOW scans

[Paul E. Jones]

I agree the sentiment here.  If there was an agreement in place, then why
would a person's death void that agreement?  I would assume the agreement is
between Falsoft, Inc. and an individual and another company.  Unless there
are explicit clauses that would void that agreement as a result of an
individual's death (which I have never seen when the agreement involves a
corporation), then the agreement would survive a death.  The company made
the agreement.  Was the agreement between Lonnie personally, or with
Falsoft, Inc.?

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-
> bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Mike Pepe
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:25 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] RAINBOW scans
> 
> 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
> 
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