Crown Jewels

Currently, copyright in Canada is life of the author, plus 50 years.

I think that`s a Good Thing because if Sidney the Profound (a retired wizard with a shipping line, a drinking problem and several wives that he wasn't looking for) ever takes off, there should be serious money available...... and I am pushing 70 and not in good health. If I am waiting for half a mil in royalties when I croak, it would be nice to have something to leave Janice enough for ice cream and to make a solid donation to the local Temple of Bast. Or to leave for the girls at the local cat-house to have a party in remembrance. One or t'other, anyway.

If you can find a copy which can be borrowed, it is perfectly legal for you to make a single copy for yourself, for study purposes.

A book such as "Crown Jewels" would benefit from the services of a decent sheet-fed shop. Up the book from 292 to 360 pages and it still isn't too huge a job for several shops I know. Ac tually, I can think of a couple which would positively drool at the prospect.
 
The way I see it, its all about supply and demand. There is obviously demand for this and zero supply. If the publisher is aware of this, and does nothing to quell the demand and make profit, it is only logical for the material to become free source. If Dana really wants to further peoples knowledge and share the passion for Swedes, he cannot lay stagnant. The options today give no excuse to him. Kobo would willingly ebook the crap out of his work with little to no capital, no risk, and large potential profit margins compared to hardcopies.

I suggest we all contact Dana and request one of these options since we are all seeking more mauser info. If that fails to produce any headway, I am a teacher and can legally distribute copyrighted work for educational purposes. Laws in Canada state I can now copy whole literature if it is rare or out of print and can loan out copies.

A teacher can copy (or take any other necessary action) in order
to display a work protected by copyright. Provided
the work is used for the purpose of education and training and is not
already commercially available in a medium that is appropriate for
this purpose.

Provided a replacement copy is not commercially available in a
medium and of a quality that is appropriate for these purposes,
school libraries can also:
• make a copy of a work “if the original is rare or unpublished”;
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I can create a free mauser class for all you folk and perhaps someone here can lend a copy I can PDF for class material. Or you can lend it from my schools library. :)
 
Better yet, why not learn Swedish, go to Sweden, do the research there, come back here, write the book, add in all the latest research material, take the photos, reproduce them then THEN GIVE IT AWAY?

No?

That's what you are either plotting to do, or trying to bully Dana into doing.

I don't know what you do for a living, but tell me one little thing: DO YOU ALWAYS WORK FOR FREE?

No?

Then don't expect researchers and writers to do it.

We have a right to eat dinner, too.
 
smellie said:
Better yet, why not learn Swedish. . .
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Jag jobbar på det. Det är ett väldigt vackert språk.

My apologies. What I thought was a reasonable suggestion seems to have touched a nerve. I didn't intend for this thread to end up being a discussion on the finer points of copyright infringement.

I know Dana's book is considered the bible of Swede Mausers, but does anyone know how Steve Kehaya's book stacks up against it as far as accuracy and content is concerned?
 
well, hope this one doesn't spiral out of control...if it does, I apologize for my part in it ....just tried to add a little tongue-in-cheeky'ness for comic relief

I do think this thread had an intriguing mix of: a legitimate question regarding the availability of a rare book, polite debate, information, then a jerk.....some more information, more jerk, information again + wisdom, some rhetoric, and finally more wisdom.

In my books = good night for us young fella's.....(44 counts as young around these parts right guys ?)

and finally....a visual reminder of the OP's question:


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there she is on the top


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night all y'all
 
The other problem I could see is who owns the copyrights. AFAIK, it's Collector Grade Publications Inc. and I personally didn't ask them what's the reason for not reprinting the book - I have my own well used copy.
Asking them why or when or whatever the reason they do not reprint the book may clear up some speculation, as the info we get is from Dana Jones, not the editor. Something I know is that seen the amount of interest for the book on many different forums, it's not a matter of minimum quantity to print as it will sell pretty quick, I'm sure.

On the other hand, Internet users don't really care about copyrights... I am sure one day it will show up in a Torrent package of scanned books .pdf....
 
"On the other hand, Internet users don't really care about copyrights... I am sure one day it will show up in a Torrent package of scanned books .pdf.... "

Gee: and we wonder why serious scholarship is becoming so scarce these days. It takes only one generation of dedicated thieves and destroyers to end completely an intellectual tradition which took centuries to develop. It has happened before; it was the destruction of the book industry in Alexandria by the Muslim armies which really started the Dark Ages in Western Europe.

That's the bad part.

The GOOD part is that Copyright affects only that which can be copied. In other words, if Dana writes a NEW book on Swede Mausers he will own the copyright on IT.

Knowledge, per se, cannot be copyrighted: only the FORM in which the knowledge is expressed is subject to Copyright.

There is hope. If Collector Grade is not interested, then perhaps someone ELSE might be.....
 
I'm scared that it's where we stand today... but in fact, it has a bad and a good effect; a lot of older or of little diffusion books which would never be available other than through .pdf ... that makes the knowledge widespread.
Anyhow, me personally, I like beautiful and useful objects, especially when it's called a book.

Then regarding the Crown Jewels book, I think that's where we stand for now; I am pretty sure Mr Jones would have got it reprinted if he could... there must be things we don't know...
 
I find it hard to understand how people who would never dream of taking an object that some one has produced to sell without giving proper compensation can justify illegally coping books, music, softwear or other intellectual property. They are all the fruits of someone's labor and deserve the same consideration. Theft is theft whether the object of that theft is a product of someone's hands or there minds.
 
I've read on another forum while looking for a copy myself, that Collector Grade Publications would only consider reprinting a minimum of 5000 units, but they need to already have buyers before considering it.
 
I really, really like books. A pdf on an e-reader just doesn't cut it. I think I bought just about the last $50 copy of "Crown Jewels". 5000 is a lot of books, it would be a gamble ordering that many.
 
jfred said:
Very nice m38. Husqvarna right? Maybe I'll trot out my little collection for a photo op in the morning.
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Yes sir....like many out there, it has the Västerås micrometer rear sight.

Haven't actually shot this one yet..have a few boxes of PPU for it....I think I need to get it out this spring.
 
Only recent imports have diopter sights, as they are from civilian (FSR) imports. Last big number of military rifles were here late '80s, early '90s...
Nice rifles those FSR, though....
 
Copyright exists in a textbook between here and infinity.

Remember your College and University days when you lent out your new textbook's to friends so they could photocopy it (5 cents a copy back then unless you knew how the coin box mechanism operated). Those were the days of days and still are at the photocopier and scanner today!

A friend with a book is a friend indeed!
 
I have a brand new copy of that book .the question is if I sell my book how much I am going to miss it!!
 
haim said:
I have a brand new copy of that book .the question is if I sell my book how much I am going to miss it!!
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That would probably depend on the amount of compensation,however,having said that the effort I put into getting my copy was way out of proportion to what I would normally do to obtain a book.But Crown Jewels is worth the effort,no question of that,I won't be getting rid of mine anytime soon,that's for sure.
 
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