Klaas Robers wrote:Now I wonder too that you used no Paint, no 1-bit .bmp, no Word at all, but I still see the lines showing up in your .pdf.........
Well, I don't know what the answer to this is, but no-one else thus far has reported a problem. If you wish for the original files (in any format that I can produce) all you have to do is ask. There is a copyright notice at the end which is there for a reason. I don't mind the items I post here being used in any manner, but it's only fair that the source (me) is acknowledged. After all 'twas I that put the effort in.
The contents of the newsletter are also copyrighted on behalf of the contributors, as is any item submitted to CQTV, the magazine of the BATC, several of my NBTV submissions have appeared in that too.
Outright plagiarism is a despicable act, one of which I have been a victim of in the past. In 1993 a mainland Chinese publication 'lifted' one of my articles from a Hong Kong magazine and attributed it to a staff author. No compensation beyond an apology, an acknowledgement in a subsequent issue and covering my legal costs.
I'm not saying that
anyone is contemplating that here, just don't do it. I say that on behalf of all of those that post here and/or submit articles to the newsletter.
At that point it's the close of the matter. I'm not going to discuss it further.
Klaas if you want the original files just let me know, but you should have been able to extract them from the Word document I sent you.
Steve A.