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Feynman would have wanted his stories shared, not hoarded. We live in an insane time when sharing the stories of a dead man could be considered an illegal act.
by sillysaurus 13y ago
Feynman would have wanted his stories shared, not hoarded. We live in an insane time when sharing the stories of a dead man could be considered an illegal act.
- packetslave 13y agoI'm pretty sure that's not how copyright works.
- asveikau 13y agoYou don't specify when the non-insane time you're thinking of is, but I suspect that at that time distributing copies of someone else's memoirs in appreciable volume without being granted permission was probably also illegal.
- packetslave 13y agoNote also that SYJMF (along with "What Do You Care What Other People Think?") weren't actually written by Feynman. They're transcribed and edited versions of audio recordings made by his friend Ralph Leighton. I don't recall of Leighton compiled them himself or if there was another editor involved in the printed editions, but regardless, they're probably still alive and deserve compensation for their contribution.
- JonnieCache 13y agoNew item on list of ideas: do a kickstarter to remaster and release said audio recordings.
- packetslave 13y agoLeighton is selling 3 CD's of them on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%22The+Feynman+Tapes%22 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dap...