Do we have a real Lawyer in the house, perhaps we should take a poll. The offending page is attached below. Should it stay or go.
Hmmm from what I read, I think we could define ourselves as an educational site.
Read Fair Use. None of us getting rich from this hobby.
There is room for debate in Hokes wittings, pouring waste metals down the drain, using gasoline for incineration. There is also plenty to learn from her writings.
To make proper use of her book we have to analyze the book for the times it were intended then advise our members the proper use of the described procedures within as would be applied today.
In my introduction page yes a link to the forum, believe it or not were an educational site where folks learn the art of refining precious metals.
In that page I also included ( Not For Resale ).
We purchased these books as a group , those that could afford too made a donation. As a forum member I donated my time scanning the book
I had my ebay search programed to inform me when ever a Hoke's book came to auction. In the last eight months (2).
I have mine offered for sale in the forum, no takers.
Guesswein informed me they had not sold this tittle in the last two years.
Fair Use
What is "fair use"?
Fair use is an exception to the exclusive protection of copyright under American law. It permits certain limited uses without permission from the author or owner. Depending on the circumstances, copying may be considered "fair" for the purpose of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship or research.
To determine whether a specific use under one of these categories is "fair," courts are required to consider the following factors:
1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole (is it long or short in length, that is, are you copying the entire work, as you might with an image, or just part as you might with a long novel); and
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
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Gill
