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I've got a collection of 1988-90 AI Expert magazines on LISP, Prolog & Co. with interesting design features such as lino-cut-style artwork for (periodical) colu

I've got a collection of 1988-90 AI Expert magazines on LISP, Prolog & Co. with interesting design features such as lino-cut-style artwork for (periodical) columns and a special Elite condensed type face for code. Does anybody know if it's ok to put these on a web site with credit when I can't get in touch with the original authors and artists (does archive.org have or need special permission from BYTE)? Btw, I'd love links to 1986-1996ish articles on SGML and markup technologies.

philipkglass 9y ago
My dangerous advice (relative badness depends on jurisdiction): scan them, host them, and wait to see if anyone tells you to stop. For over a decade I have been hosting scanned copies of various in-copyright, out-of-print books as PDFs on my web site. I haven't heard a peep from the rights holders. I don't know if it matters, but I have no advertising on my site. The books and everything else are just hosted for the enjoyment of people who share my interests.
ScottBurson 9y ago
I have a stack of them too, which I was planning to get around to scanning one of these days. Drop me a line (email in profile) and let's coordinate, so we don't both scan the same issues. I suspect archive.org would be happy to host the scans.
taejo 9y ago
Get in touch with archive.org. They're probably interested in hosting, would know about the legal side, and likely can also advice about scanning and preservation.
cr0sh 9y ago
AI Expert - interesting. I recall purchasing a few issues. But that's about it. One magazine I wish I could find a complete collection of (PDF or paper, I don't care) is Robotics Age. About the only thing I have found on it is a book that was published (picked up a copy of that), but nothing else as far as the magazine is concerned. It was kinda the Byte magazine for robotics of the 1980s era. So you had a mashup of articles for both industrial and research robotics, as well as articles and such for hobbyist robotics. It's a shame that it seems to have disappeared.

philipkglass 9y ago

My dangerous advice (relative badness depends on jurisdiction): scan them, host them, and wait to see if anyone tells you to stop. For over a decade I have been hosting scanned copies of various in-copyright, out-of-print books as PDFs on my web site. I haven't heard a peep from the rights holders. I don't know if it matters, but I have no advertising on my site. The books and everything else are just hosted for the enjoyment of people who share my interests.

ScottBurson 9y ago

I have a stack of them too, which I was planning to get around to scanning one of these days. Drop me a line (email in profile) and let's coordinate, so we don't both scan the same issues. I suspect archive.org would be happy to host the scans.

taejo 9y ago

Get in touch with archive.org. They're probably interested in hosting, would know about the legal side, and likely can also advice about scanning and preservation.

cr0sh 9y ago

AI Expert - interesting. I recall purchasing a few issues. But that's about it. One magazine I wish I could find a complete collection of (PDF or paper, I don't care) is Robotics Age. About the only thing I have found on it is a book that was published (picked up a copy of that), but nothing else as far as the magazine is concerned. It was kinda the Byte magazine for robotics of the 1980s era. So you had a mashup of articles for both industrial and research robotics, as well as articles and such for hobbyist robotics. It's a shame that it seems to have disappeared.