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<blockquote data-quote="Kesh" data-source="post: 1345674" data-attributes="member: 1308"><p>Man, I keep having to post this. I should save it somewhere. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p>Currently, no magazines are producing PDF versions of their print mags. The reason is, shortly after the release of <em>Dragon Magazine Archive</em>, a lawsuit came up against a different company doing this cd-archive thing.</p><p></p><p>See, people who contribute art, articles, etc. are (by contract) entitled to royalties if their creation is used in a 'new work', but not in a reprint. They sued, claiming that CD-ROMs count as a new work, rather than a simple reprint. The artists won.</p><p></p><p>As a result, companies dropped plans for putting out any new CDs. Considering it would be impossible to go back through their magazine and contact <em>everyone</em> who contributed to prior issues, getting permission for a new work with no compensation, they just gave up. New magazine issues after that ended up having rewritten contracts, specifying the right to electronic reprints without compensation.</p><p></p><p>Of course, this is complicated right now. A seperate court ruled in favor of National Geographic, when a seperate group of artists (photographers) sued over one of the magazine's photo archive CDs. In this case, the court sided with the magazine. If the appeal to the federal court stands, this issue will have to be decided by the US Supreme Court.</p><p></p><p>Either way, don't get your hopes up for archive CDs in the near future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kesh, post: 1345674, member: 1308"] Man, I keep having to post this. I should save it somewhere. :cool: Currently, no magazines are producing PDF versions of their print mags. The reason is, shortly after the release of [i]Dragon Magazine Archive[/i], a lawsuit came up against a different company doing this cd-archive thing. See, people who contribute art, articles, etc. are (by contract) entitled to royalties if their creation is used in a 'new work', but not in a reprint. They sued, claiming that CD-ROMs count as a new work, rather than a simple reprint. The artists won. As a result, companies dropped plans for putting out any new CDs. Considering it would be impossible to go back through their magazine and contact [i]everyone[/i] who contributed to prior issues, getting permission for a new work with no compensation, they just gave up. New magazine issues after that ended up having rewritten contracts, specifying the right to electronic reprints without compensation. Of course, this is complicated right now. A seperate court ruled in favor of National Geographic, when a seperate group of artists (photographers) sued over one of the magazine's photo archive CDs. In this case, the court sided with the magazine. If the appeal to the federal court stands, this issue will have to be decided by the US Supreme Court. Either way, don't get your hopes up for archive CDs in the near future. [/QUOTE]
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