[pct-l] Printing Halfmile maps in color

[Gary Wright]

On Jan 7, 2010, at 7:44 AM, enyapjr at comcast.net wrote:
> I certainly don't think Halfmile had any intentions of someone else "publishing a book" using his maps,
> nor to have someone (Lulu, at least) possibly profit in such an endeavor...
> You need to contact Halfmile before you proceed further!  
> Also check Lulu's fine print for what they might possibly (legally) do with said 'publication'...

When you prepare content for Lulu, they tell you how much the printing and shipping costs are.  You can 'sell' the book on Lulu at no additional cost.  In that scenario, you are simply paying Lulu for the printing and shipping.  I don't see how that is any different than walking down to the local copy shop with the maps on a USB drive and paying them to print them.  It doesn't seem 'wrong' to me that the copy shop makes some money or if Lulu makes some money in this scenario. 

If you added something to the cost @ Lulu, then I think you might be violating the spirit and probably the law with respect to TOPO's copyrights and Halfmile's intentions.  Of course Halfmile might have a different perspective and I'm not a lawyer.

Gary Wright (Radar)