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I found no fault with the research of these professional writers because it was mostly well
written. I feel their only flaw was in their conclusions, where they neglected to exercise their
critical facilities. However, it is easy for sincere, honest men to fall prey to professional and
unscrupulous con men especially when the con artists have wrapped themselves in red, white,
and blue. I myself was an absolute believer for over 20-years.
On the title page of this book the copyright notice reads, "All rights reserved," etc. The
first part is a familiar message appearing in most books. Did all the authors have to get permission
to print the same message from one another How do they know who to get permission
from So far as I know there is no service that keeps track of the users and issues a listing of a
hundred thousand previous users. It's very perplexing. However, I took the precaution of adding
to the standard notice a statement giving other authors blanket permission to use direct
quotes from this book.
Trying to get permission from various publishers is an excercise in futility. I sent certified
letters. After five or six weeks had passed, two out of a dozen or so responded. They used the
SASH I provided to forward me a questionnaire asking simplistic questions. They wanted to
know how much the book would cost, how many copies would be sold, where it would be for
sale, etc. I enthusiastically sent back the answers, all of which consisted of "I don't know"!
Another publisher informed mc that the rights had reverted to an English company which I also
contacted. Years have passed, and I never received a single permission.
This dilemma is a fairly new phenomenon on the publishing scene. How can one freely
critique a non-fiction book if one needs permission to use quotes which is never granted By the
simple act of not sending permission they keep others vulnerable to lawsuit, and protect their
"product" from scrutiny. This is hardly conducive to free inquiry or scholarship. How is the
reader to know what the original author actually wrote if one is forbidden to quote him The
original law was supposed to prevent plagiarism; not to protect liars! But if this is the way it is
now, I stand ready to defend against their lawsuits.
For example, one of my complaints includes NASA, who has the gall to place the barely
legible 'lawyerese' on government photos. "No copyright is asserted for this photograph. If a
recognizable person appears in the photo, use for commercial purposes may infringe on the
right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by, process
or service, or used in any other manner that might mislead. Accordingly, it is requested
that if this photograph is used in advertising and other commercial promotion, layout and
copy be submitted to NASA prior to release."
NASA admittedly has no copy rights yet they are now trying to impute censorship rights
they wish they had. This blurb didn't exist on pictures Bill Kaysing obtained from NASA ten
years ago. I must conclude that this blurb was NASA's direct response to Bill Kaysing's original
book, We Never Went To The Moon, and I can't help but wonder what NASA will do for
an encore after reading this book!
My original guess was that every photo used in this book would disappear from their archives.
Much to my surprise that didn't happen. Instead, they changed the numbering system
and forgot to keep an index of the changes! However, with enough persistence the photographs
are still obtainable.
* See NASA photo Addendum
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