[ported_head]

guys im trying something new here. posting a mag scan from CAR UK, of the GT3 RS vs Challenge Stradale. depending on how the response is, i will continue to do so. also im posting links to the server where i have uploaded the acans to..so as not to suck up your bandwidth. enjoy.

EDIT: now offline. not a popular proposition.

[ajmat]

Are there any copyright issues in doing this ?

[ported_head]

nope. copyright issues as much as downloading top gear videos.

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (ported_head @ Mar. 21 2004,10:54)]nope. copyright issues as much as downloading top gear videos.

So then that is not really a "nope".

Think of it this way, if someone bought a magazine and scanned it in and put it on the web the chances of people then buying the magazine to read has been lowered.

So i guess its this that the magazine wants to avoid.

Its great of you to take the effort to do this, and i understand that this is a foreign magazine and u also might have the view that you are generating interest and hence people would be more likely to buy the magazine; but in the end i have a feeling that in the word of the law it is illegal.

So thank you for your enthusiasm and time spent, but i dont think its a good idea to do it anymore...

Thanks,
Rehaan
Moderator - Shifting Gears


ps - sorry to seem like such a party pooper but as moderators we have to try and avoid any such conflicts that may be detrimental to the forum.

[ported_head]

well, not doing any promo for the magazines, doesn't really matter to me if they sell an extra copy because of me or not. i did this because these magazines are hard to come by around here, and when they do they cost a bomb. so if i do manage to lay my hands on a copy somewhere, it'd be in best interest for everybody to read important stories, and sort of a silent revolution to get them from charging us exhorbitant prices. anyway, i had seen people doing this on a couple of other forums, much larger ones, so i thought this might not be a bad idea. anyway..im editing the post and won't be doing it anymore.

[v12]

rehaan, i gues its ok to scan magazine articles and have them put up over here. Me too have seen them on lotsa forums.
Anyways i have no idea whether it violates any copyright laws. If it does then we shudnt have these pics here. Otherwise its ok.

[Rehaan]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (v12 @ Mar. 21 2004,12:26)]rehaan, i gues its ok to scan magazine articles and have them put up over here. Me too have seen them on lotsa forums.
Anyways i have no idea whether it violates any copyright laws. If it does then we shudnt have these pics here. Otherwise its ok.

Hey,

I have seen them on a lot of forums as well... but that doesnt mean its legal..right?

Sorry, but i guess we have to be ideal here!

Cya

[v12]

no problem. ok with me.

[GTO]

Hey All

I think that a simpler solution would be to offer a link to other forums that may have uploaded it to their site. This is in the case of my topic of the Ferrari roadtest, where I had simply provided the address of a forum where another user had posted it on.

Thanks for all the suggestions,

GTO

[Rehaan]

GTO,

What you suggested is fine... its just in this particular instance P-head had doen the scans himself so they are "unique".
I guess he could post them on some other forum and then post the link

cheers