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SOE Syllabus: Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare, World War II
By PRO Publications
Sailor's Luck: At Sea and Ashore in Peace and War
By Geoffrey Hall
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<blockquote data-quote="Pete" data-source="post: 42832" data-attributes="member: 636"><p>The National Archives like any other organisation has costs and budgets. It is a fantastic resource and for a small purchase price the individual can obtain documents they desire. Commercial interests such as publishers can also obtain a license for publication of such documents which costs more. If everyone were to breach the agreement you make when purchasing documents and place them online then revenue to maintain the archives would be lost. I agree that to see many of these documents would be fascinating. I myself have acquired a few Army Commando reports from them. I believe they are working to have all their documents available for online access but a charge will still be necessary to cover what must be high storage, labour, and other costs involved. I feel it is unfair to be asking John Robertson, the moderator/creator of this marvellous site, to risk the penalties of copyright or any other breach of the law by publishing them. Would we all be willing to chip in to help him pay the considerable fines imposed when such breaches are pursued through the courts ! Bamboo I think you are right when you say about them not being used verbatim. A short one or two sentence summary and then supplying the reference number of the document and details how to obtain it should be enough for anyone who may wish to discover more about a particular operation. That would in fact be good advertising for the NA and possibly generate them some more revenue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pete, post: 42832, member: 636"] The National Archives like any other organisation has costs and budgets. It is a fantastic resource and for a small purchase price the individual can obtain documents they desire. Commercial interests such as publishers can also obtain a license for publication of such documents which costs more. If everyone were to breach the agreement you make when purchasing documents and place them online then revenue to maintain the archives would be lost. I agree that to see many of these documents would be fascinating. I myself have acquired a few Army Commando reports from them. I believe they are working to have all their documents available for online access but a charge will still be necessary to cover what must be high storage, labour, and other costs involved. I feel it is unfair to be asking John Robertson, the moderator/creator of this marvellous site, to risk the penalties of copyright or any other breach of the law by publishing them. Would we all be willing to chip in to help him pay the considerable fines imposed when such breaches are pursued through the courts ! Bamboo I think you are right when you say about them not being used verbatim. A short one or two sentence summary and then supplying the reference number of the document and details how to obtain it should be enough for anyone who may wish to discover more about a particular operation. That would in fact be good advertising for the NA and possibly generate them some more revenue. [/QUOTE]
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