Sorry but they do have the right to produce a CD that mimics the printed version in every way, cover, adverts warts and all.
I'm not a lawyer and can't even turn one to 10 thou but I can read.
National Geographic tried this by releasing their back copies on CD. They were taken to court over this by contributors who were upset they were not getting any extra payments. It went to court and they won outright because they had copied the whole of the issue and not selected articles.
If they had done selected articles it would have broken the First Publication Rights, because they did a full copy it classes as a reprint of which they still have the rights for.
Do a Google on the case. Now this has been deliberated on it will take more money than most Model Engineers have to get a reversal in court now that a presedent has been declared.
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John Stevenson Nottingham, England.
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