I placed digital signatures on these files (Sept 2009) that were originally made in 2005/2006 by Marty after 9 months of hard work(scanning into Photoshop, adjusting brightness/contrast and making PDFs of each page and then assembly). Another organization on the Internet received a pirated copy of the original files from the member's side of the FORUM and had them posted on their website. One of our present or past WAGS members gave another organization the files unlawfully, as Marty's name was on them.
We had the information on this thread private since October 2005(note date in the first post), but the owner of the paper copies, Steve Stephens has now decided that the other organization can have these files in the public domain. They have been in the pubic domain since August 18/19, 2009 and were found in the GOOGLE database. Legally Steve can do whatever he wants, as he owns the newsletter, but the electronic files are an improvement on the originals, made with Steve's permission and belong to WAGS, the organization that did all the original work and had the original idea. If the other organization wants to publish the files, then they must make them, not post pirated copies from our organization. The same organization refuses to state who gave them the files in the first place.
The officers of WAGS decided yesterday that these should also be made publicly available, since the files have been in the public domain and downloaded by countless people at this time.
