New Wardenclyffe

[dR-Green]

O.k. i am not native english. Leash. How little is your understanding ? No wonder you can only parrot and achive no results !
Since this thread is about Ernst’s project, why do you post an A5 big stupid picture ?
Since molecules have everything to do with this, i mentioned it.
No wonder dr. Shill turned up. You should have, if you're really interested, reacted on those European websites. Exposed 2.

And how does a bike work ? It's only 200 years old, why should you ?

And elaborate on that 'photon' issue please. Yes Boguslaw is invited too and all the rest of these 'technicians'.

One's native language has no bearing upon whether or not one is an imbecile. I'm not native English either, and neither are a lot of other people. No good will come from pulling that one as if it's an excuse for idiocy.

No one has any idea what European web sites you're talking about, and frankly given the attitude no one cares either.

Who ever said that they can't get something to work? Open your eyes and recognise some reality for once. Try reading a book and building something yourself instead of demanding answers of everyone else.

Elaborate on the 'photon' issue yourself.

[Ernst]

Plse let's not get carried away by half baked posts devoid of any consistency.
Remember this one?
This text can be copied and pasted at many points on this forum.
Good that there are also a few intelligent people around here. Let's just focus on those.

dR-G, you got mail.


Ernst.

[tachyoncatcher]

...Does anyone know if there is a copyright on Tesla's correspondence? I'm talking about the micro-film prints. I could not find them anywhere online, so I bought them. But there is a wealth of info there that I believe should be available to everyone. I have scanned every page, excluding a few where no characters can be discerned (either 100% white or 100% black).
They were sent as a pile of A4's without any copyright message, and I think no one can claim copyright, but.... maybe one of you knows better?


Ernst.

Hi Ernst,
In the US, all published material that predates 1923 is public domain and can be freely copied and published. Any material published before 1964 and the copyright has not been renewed for 28 years becomes public domain. You are best to remove notes or annotations made by someone other than the original author as they could have a separate copyright if the material has been conceptually altered. But with that said, All of Tesla's original material is public domain. At least that which can be publically obtained or purchased. I'm not a lawyer, but I do have the experience of packaging public domain works and republishing it, so I had to know what I could do. That was over 10 years ago. I think a repository of Tesla's publications, both common and rare would be invaluable to experimenters in this field. Drop me a note if you ever need any help in that area.

Cheers,

Randy

[Ernst]

Thanks Randy!
I already was 95% sure that those letters were public domain, now I am 99.9% certain.
As I strongly believe that Tesla's legacy should be freely available to the public (I am convinced Tesla would have wanted that) I will try to get these letters online. If someone has 6 Gb online storage available and wishes to help drop me a PM.
I don't have a server (anymore) and my i-net access is a bit crappy.

Next is the issue of the ridiculously expensive Long Island Notes. If I (or anyone else) would retype those notes as dR-Green suggested and publish those, would that infringe on the copyright held by the Tesla Museum?
facts:
- the intellectual rights of those notes belong to Tesla, who died in 1943.
- the notes were written (but not published) well before 1923
- the notes were donated to the Tesla Museum
- no one can have access to these without the museums consent
- the notes were first published in 2008 by the museum
So by republishing these notes you show that you are using the contents of the book published by the museum as it is highly improbable that the museum would have allowed you access to the originals.
Any thoughts on that?


Ernst.

[dR-Green]

facts:
- the intellectual rights of those notes belong to Tesla, who died in 1943.
- the notes were written (but not published) well before 1923
- the notes were donated to the Tesla Museum
- no one can have access to these without the museums consent
- the notes were first published in 2008 by the museum

I think the important part is that the museum was never granted ownership rights by the author.

Engaging lawyer-mode for word dissection:

- the notes were donated to the Tesla Museum

This means that they were public documents before being donated (and being made "private" as in part of someone's private collection, effectively). But the fact is that they were public documents.

From this page which probably isn't perfectly applicable but can give a general idea:

https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/c..._copyright_law

Duration of copyright

The 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act states the duration of copyright as;

For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works

70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last remaining author of the work dies.

If the author is unknown, copyright will last for 70 years from end of the calendar year in which the work was created, although if it is made available to the public during that time, (by publication, authorised performance, broadcast, exhibition, etc.), then the duration will be 70 years from the end of the year that the work was first made available.

Assuming something similar does apply in US law or wherever it may be, the fact that the documents were donated and thus public in the first place voids the part in bold.

[Ernst]

dR-Green,

I think Tesla's possessions were inherited by his family, who subsequently donated it all to the museum so, joining you in lawyers-mode, I think Tesla's possessions never were public.

On the microfilm prints I found:

The microfilm negatives used to create these prints were made by the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, Serbia and given to the Library of Congress in 1961.

TFCbooks sells the prints (2,316 images) for $275.00 plus shipping. That is little over $0.10 per print, which I guess is close to the printing costs. They show 11 samples on their site.

Since all evidence indicates that there can be no (c) on these letters, I will try to get them online.
Here are 200 more samples.

Enjoy!

Ernst.