Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Who owns the copyright to Busby's book?

["D. Blake" <dblake@bright.net>]

Thanks Doug:
Perhaps we can put this matter to rest once and for all.  Like you, I admire
Phil Nuytten and Frank Busby.  They are not unlike "Gods" in this field.
Phil is a living legend.  I take pride in the fact that I'am able to
converse with him, and even argue with him.  Not too many years ago,
communicating with folks like Phil would have been impossible.  Too bad
Frank Busby is no longer with us.  It would have been a delight to get his
input on a variety of subjects, not just this one.
Memories : experiences, thoughts, and ideas created from the endeavor of
life itself.  Memories are like tears in a rainfall forever lost without a
written record.  "Manned Submersibles" represents at least a portion of one
man's life and his unique wisdom.  I think it needs to be shared without
cost.

Big Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: SeaLordOne@aol.com <SeaLordOne@aol.com>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Sunday, September 17, 2000 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Who owns the copyright to Busby's book?


>Shipmates,
>
>Because I started this Busby controversy, I suppose I am obligated to
finish
>it.  I will contact the Navy myself, and ask for a ruling/clarification.  I
>will run down Busby's heirs as well, if necessary.  That will take time,
but
>I will get back to the group when I have an answer.  Because I am in the
>government myself, I can probably get an answer more easily that some other
>folks.
>
>For myself, I have considerable confidence that this document is public
>domain.  After 25 years in the Research and Development game, 15 years with
>the private sector and 10 with the federal government, I think I know the
>rules pretty well.
>
>As someone else noted, there are no references to copyrights or
registration
>or trademarks or prohibitions to reproduction in this document.  That is
>because it is not copyrighted material.  There is no publisher listed
because
>government documents of this type are not technically "published", they are
>"printed" by the Government Printing Office and "distributed" by the U.S.
>Government...not published.  Don't ask me why.  I bought my copy in a US
>Government bookstore in Tampa in 1977.
>
>All that being said, people like Phil and Frank are like gods in my
>subjective universe, so I will leave no stone unturned to assure that
>everything is done by the book.  The archives will show that I am
>particularly sensitive to issues of copyright, and will breech no
violation.
>I will get back to the site when I have an answer from the Navy.
>
>Doug F.