Copyright and Permissions
I am not certain of the legality of publishing these articles. I have not (yet) attempted to contact the authors to seek permission to publish their works. I appreciate that this is not the way to do things and apologise in advance if this has caused any upset. In my defence, I would note that there have been quite a few contributors to Your Computer and to be honest I would not beging to know start looking for them – this assumes that they want to be tracked down at all.
With regard to readers letters, listings and such like, I have supplied the name of the author and the general location where they lived. For example, Meurglys68, Kent. This allows me to recognise the author of the letter or program but also means that they are not likely to fall prey to any unwelcome invasions of privacy.
Please note that none of the articles on this site (with the exception of the front page) are my work. I have accredited the authors on each article posted where their name was used in the original article. If a name does not appear then it can be assumed that the copyright of the piece is that of IPC (such as with editorials).
The same is also true of the listings supplied by both writers and readers of the magazine. None of the programs provided are my own work (although I am 99% certain that I did get a small program published with Your Computer). Any errors within the listings – apart from those presented as an image, rather than text – will more than likely be down to me and my erratic OCR software.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you object to any of the posts on this site.
Ultimately, I do intend to contact the journalists and artists that contributed to this magazine, and as such would welcome any suggestions as to where these people are.
November 24, 2011 at 1:34 pm |
As far as my articles are concerned (interviews with Clive Sinclair, Hermann Hauser, Douglas Adams etc and most of the news) totally happy for you to reprint them – just surprised anyone would be interested I suppose. Cleared my attic a few years back and dumped all my old Your Computers (along with a skip full of ZXs, Dragons, Orics, Texets, Lynxes, Newbrains, Amstrads and sundry peripherals) so actually quite useful to check what I did say. Seeing the Hauser interview reminded me that at first we were paid very badly on Your Computer but with one big perk – you were expected to claim first class rail fare on expenses without producing a receipt. So I hitched from Lewisham to Cambridge to do the interview at Acorn.
December 4, 2011 at 4:52 pm |
I’m Meirion Jones and I interviewed Clive Sinclair, Douglas Adams etc for Your Computer and wrote large chunks of the news pages. Fortunately I didn’t have to go anywhere near those accursed listings which always had mistakes in them. Anyhow, I’m happy for you to use any of my stuff although I’m surprised anyone’s interested these days. I chucked out all my bound copies of the mag many years ago – along with a skip full of Newbrains, Texets, Dragons, Lynxes, Orics, Ataris, Amstrads, Commodores, Sinclairs and Beebs – so surprised to read stuff like my Herman Hauser int after all that time. Reminded me that we weren’t paid very much but had a perk that we could claim first class rail travel on expenses without providing receipts – so I hitched to Cambridge to interview Hauser.
September 18, 2012 at 4:32 pm |
Meirion – thank you for the post and permission (apologies for the delay in responding – a mere 8 months!! Mea Culpa).
Firstly, I would like to point out that I too, was based in Lewisham during this period – never had to hitch to Cambridge though: more like walking to Brockley and avoiding rival schools.
With regard to people’s interest, I think that there is an element of nostalgia – something akin to my father’s affection for Hornby trains and Dinky toys. However, and without wishing to come across as too pompous there is a serious element here. Without the likes of Hauser and Sinclair we would almost certainly not be able to enjoy our iPads and Galaxy mobiles. On top of this there is a desire to move current IT teaching away from the ability to search in Google and open a Word document and more towards coding. Magazines like this played their part in bolstering the UK IT scene and by extension you did as well.
Having said that: you threw out a Sinclair (doesn’t matter what model)!?!?! I am sure this is against the law as anything that emanated from that part of Cambridge is to be treated with the same reverence ascribed to Magna Carta or the Book of Kells. Of course, you were quite within your rights to dispose of the Commodore.
Once again, thanks for taking time to comment and also for granting permission for reproduction of your interviews. It is very much appreciated.