[TriLUG] even more memories

Mark Freeze mfreeze at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 14:08:06 EST 2005


I would equate the showing of the video to broadcasts of football games at
bars. As long as you aren't charging to view it there is no violation of any
broadcast rule *unless* the viewing limitation is clearly stated in the
copyright or broadcast statement.

Regards,
Mark.


On 12/14/05, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'd suggest a viewing of Cringley's Triumph of the Nerds at a TriLUG
> even to give everyone a good feel for personal computing history but
> we've been down that path once back about three years ago and it was
> decided that:
>
> 1. even though the credits clearly state it could be shown for
> educational purposes
>
> that
>
> A. meetings for TriLUG are advertised and open to the public
> B. nobody was sure if a public showing would be legal (Cringley
> himself responded to an e-mail stating "go ahead and show it" but he
> was on the copyright holder so permission was not his to give.
>
> Bummer.
>
> If you haven't seen Triumph of the Nerds I highly recommend seeing it.
> Screenshots of the Xerox Alto and insider shots of PARC are worth it
> alone but the gem, for me, were interviews with the ALTAIR creators
> and the IBM Project Managers that created the XP.  The Mac stuff was
> really cool too, but everyone kind of "knows" Woz and Jobs.
>
> Greg
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