Old Zines

[slyprentice]

I've been wondering about the appropriateness of scanning and/or transcribing my old out-of-print zines lately -- is it appropriate to do? Should I only do it if I have permission? If I can't get permission from the author for whatever reason, should I leave out their story? 

I just don't know the answers to any of those. I love the idea of being able to share some of my favorite works, ones that have either disappeared from the 'net or never quite made it there in the first place. I know that if The Foresmutters Project hadn't taken the time to transcribe some of the older ST zine stories, I never would have had the pleasure of reading 'This Deadly Innocence' or 'The Prize'. I'd love to be able to do that for a couple of other stories and fandoms. 

I don't want to step on any toes, though. I don't want to start transcribing or scanning and then have the author or old fans come at me with pitchforks, especially since I only plan on doing it because I want to share the stories with others. You know, so I can chatter about them with someone else and not just have to think to myself how good they are. 

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Comments

fanzine scanning

[morgandawn]

Hi there. I stumbled across your post just now. elfwreck and I are currently discussing fanzine scanning (she's mainly focused on the hows). I personally draw a distinction between scanning for personal use (disability access or a backup in case of fire) and scanning to upload or share. For the latter, permissions should be obtained.

Anyhow, we'd love to chat with you further. You can go here
http://elf.dreamwidth.org/387827.html

or contact me offline at mdawn6@ yahoo.com

Re: fanzine scanning

[slyprentice]

Thank you for letting me know. I'll go over there now. :)