Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/24

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Subject: [Leica] Hove
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Sep 24 17:03:37 2007
References: <002101c7fe52$ba3b99b0$6401a8c0@asus930><C31CB007.6C0F7%mark@rabinergroup.com><002601c7fe63$1edb3b90$6401a8c0@asus930> <200709240538.l8O5ccFd058002@server1.waverley.reid.org>

Marc, I seemed to have touched a nerve regarding Hove. I had read that Erwin 
Puts was very unhappy with them also. Sorry to hear
that you were badly treated too.
In my defence, I mentioned that the current Leica Lens Compendium content 
could be downloaded from his site and a donation made. If
Erwin publishes a new version of the book, obviously not involving Hove, 
then I'll be ready with my credit card.
There were a number of small soft covers which were reprints of Leica 
instruction books, catalogues and the like. Perhaps these may
be reproducible by another publisher as the content is all from Wetzlar, I 
think, with no modern content added. I have no idea what
the arrangements are regarding copyright permissions.
Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Marc James Small
Sent: Monday, 24 September 2007 15:36
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] Hove

At 12:26 AM 9/24/2007, G Hopkinson wrote:

 >For example the 50 1.4
 >asph. I hope that some agency does pick up the Hove titles as
 >there is a wealth of Leica content in them.

There are several on the LUG who were royally 
cheated by Hove.  I hope that some agency drives 
the folks who continue producing my works without 
paying me to actually pay me what I am owed, as small as it is.

Pardon me.  I was cheated out of around $US 3,009 
or more:  I probably will never know the entire 
amount as British Bankruptcy Law prevents me from 
learning the sales.  And they GO ON selling my 
book without trying to account for it to me or to my co-author?

Hove and its successor are Evil, Evil, Evil.  An 
offer of five cents on the dollar would have been 
interesting.  Instead, they filed bankruptcy and 
have gone on selling books without any regard for royalties!

These people are thieves and those with a regard 
for decency ought to cut them, dead.

Marc


msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!



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