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29 January 2005, 09:07 AM

I’ve notice quite a lot of interest in both

Josef Jacobs: WW1 German Ace, and his planes. He was quite the character! I have been collecting and searching for photos on both he and his planes for quite some time now and plan to both share and improve that collection on this thread. I hope others who may have photos or information concerning the man and his planes will contribute in the spirit of archive completeness. I ask only that the source of information or photos be listed along with said material.

I should state that although I am building a replica or two of his aircraft, I have no intention of selling or profiting from any of the information here. I hope no one else does either. The fact of the matter is that the World Wide Web is a wonderful tool but all too often, people mistake the publication of information or photos on the WWW as copyright infringement, its not! If you think it is then post a link to the image rather than the image itself. Copyright infringement is when someone or a corporation attempts to profit from publication of unauthorized or unlicensed original works of art and literature. This misconception sometimes inhibits us from using the web the way it was designed. Don’t fall victim to it. My intention here is to produce a central collection of all known information on JJ, sources and photos of the man and his machines. I ask for your help in doing so. Release that information that is trapped in your collection, site its source and invite folks interested in coming by and seeing the originals. In a 100 years, you and I will have long since pasted from this earth and no one will remember us, but the information or photos you have that may be lost to a fire in 2027 will have survived, because you had the foresight to put them here first. JJ deserves nothing less. The things we place here now, will be looked at 1000 years from now as the single source for dreams and research we did on an extraordinary man and his machines. Things on the WWW never go away, and will be here forever, no fires or hurricanes will wipe out this information, and it will be impervious to the destructive forces of time.

Unlike a few other threads, let’s remain objective. I have some information which is circumstantial and criticism, expressed doubt and questioning correctness are the point of posting the information not something we are attempting to avoid here, but please, let’s attack the concepts and information and not the people that post it.

Dark Angel

29 January 2005, 09:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
darkangel Guest Posts: n/a	Josef Carl Peter Jacobs I’ve notice quite a lot of interest in both Josef Jacobs: WW1 German Ace, and his planes. He was quite the character! I have been collecting and searching for photos on both he and his planes for quite some time now and plan to both share and improve that collection on this thread. I hope others who may have photos or information concerning the man and his planes will contribute in the spirit of archive completeness. I ask only that the source of information or photos be listed along with said material. I should state that although I am building a replica or two of his aircraft, I have no intention of selling or profiting from any of the information here. I hope no one else does either. The fact of the matter is that the World Wide Web is a wonderful tool but all too often, people mistake the publication of information or photos on the WWW as copyright infringement, its not! If you think it is then post a link to the image rather than the image itself. Copyright infringement is when someone or a corporation attempts to profit from publication of unauthorized or unlicensed original works of art and literature. This misconception sometimes inhibits us from using the web the way it was designed. Don’t fall victim to it. My intention here is to produce a central collection of all known information on JJ, sources and photos of the man and his machines. I ask for your help in doing so. Release that information that is trapped in your collection, site its source and invite folks interested in coming by and seeing the originals. In a 100 years, you and I will have long since pasted from this earth and no one will remember us, but the information or photos you have that may be lost to a fire in 2027 will have survived, because you had the foresight to put them here first. JJ deserves nothing less. The things we place here now, will be looked at 1000 years from now as the single source for dreams and research we did on an extraordinary man and his machines. Things on the WWW never go away, and will be here forever, no fires or hurricanes will wipe out this information, and it will be impervious to the destructive forces of time. Unlike a few other threads, let’s remain objective. I have some information which is circumstantial and criticism, expressed doubt and questioning correctness are the point of posting the information not something we are attempting to avoid here, but please, let’s attack the concepts and information and not the people that post it. Dark Angel Last edited by darkangel; 29 January 2005 at 11:00 AM.