tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post1984259591143821451..comments2023-09-30T03:57:11.799-05:00Comments on ahistoricality: Quotations from Tosh #1: V. H. GailbraithAhistoricalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-34336214412671559062008-02-06T19:02:00.000-05:002008-02-06T19:02:00.000-05:00Cool! I haven't read this book, and now I must fin...Cool! I haven't read this book, and now I must find a copy. Thanks."Ms. Cornelius"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16970201479637588558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-24496311199701329122008-02-04T16:20:00.000-05:002008-02-04T16:20:00.000-05:00I agree entirely. Copyright is a huge problem, tho...I agree entirely. <BR/><BR/>Copyright is a huge problem, though: the extension of copyright (Mickey Mouse Protection Acts) has created a situation where nearly every 20th century document or publication is still <I>owned</I> by someone, who can control access and block publications which don't have their seal of approval. Corporate documents have always been a blind spot, but they are increasingly critical to real history; personal papers, similarly, and communications like letters and email, can be a challenge for historians to get permission to use.Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-12054547516875056272008-02-04T14:48:00.000-05:002008-02-04T14:48:00.000-05:00Not less important than the immediate physical pre...<EM>Not less important than the immediate physical preservation of the original sources of history is the task of putting them into print."</EM><BR/><BR/>This reminds me of the great controversy concerning the publication of parts of the Dead Seas Scrolls. Translation rights were given to a few individuals per section with the understanding that they would be published promptly, and in some cases the texts went over 40 years without publication. One magazine (Biblical Archaeology, I think, or some other publication affiliated with Hershel Shanks)published photos of the original fragments for others to translate. He was sued, I believe for copyright violation, over the issue and lost.<BR/><BR/>Which is a long way round of saying that without publication history is lost. I would go so far as to say there is a moral obligation to publish, for the good of all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com