On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:23:04 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

In article , tony sayer

wrote:
In article , Jim Lesurf
scribeth thus
This is to let people know that I have now extended and made public a
new version of the 'machine searchable' index of the content of "Hi Fi
News" magazine that I am collating.

The new version can be obtained from

http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/temp/HFNindex15.zip

Umm ... when you get a moment can you scan the said articles and put
them somewhere)...

How I wish that were possible! FWIW more than once I've suggested they
produce PDFs and either sell them or make them accessible on line to
subscribers. But never got a positive response.

Well, I suppose scanning them would cost money, which any returns
would be unlikely to recover.

Similar arguments surface from time to time about re-releasing old
vinyl audio material, especially in non-mainstream genres such as folk
and music-hall.

Very frustating given the sheer amount of info in the old copies.

I feel the same about the long-gone magazines. Sadly, in many cases I only
have a few copies of these and now have no idea what is in other isues.

I'd love to change copyright law so that material that has remained
unpublished for, say, 20+ years can be republished by anyone if the IPR
owner fails to do so. But that's not what UK law says... :-/

How about a UK Government Petition to change the law?
https://petition.parliament.uk/
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