True, but we don't want to stimulate / make it easy to distribute a digital magazine.Thanks for your reply Thijs. Whilst I understand your concerns about re distribution it seems that you are trying to exercise control over an item which has been purchased and ownership has effectively passed by purchase to the purchaser. If it was a hard copy of Scramble what is to stop someone passing on the magazine to another? same principle.
Which ones? Why be different, see the reason above. And Airforce Montly, for example, has the same policy as ours.Other digital magazines I subscribe allow to the subscriber to download a copy of pages in pdf format why be different?
No.Also what happens to access to the digital copy of Scramble I have purchased if I decide to change to hard copy of the magazine. Do I lose accesss to that which I have already purchased.
Issue 400 is free of charge, so you could have "bought" this edition and take a look what it looks like and what the options are.Allthough I would not wish to print an entire magazine page by page nor is it viable or cost effective to do so, Scramble by it's very nature is for the serious aviation enthusiast or historian a valuable reference work which like other of it's type people may wish to refer to in years to come. I still regulary refer to my old copies of LAAS, Air, Roundel & Air Britain from the 70's onwards and it is in my view unfair to place constraints on something which I have purchased. I thought I was doing the modern thing in saving you postage and printing costs. Had I known or it had been made clear at the time of purchase that such contraints be imposed on the me purchaser I would not have bothered and opted for the hard copy.
Scramble wouldn't be Scramble without the input of the community. We are for freedom and sharing of information. And all the information which is in the magazine can also be found in some way at our website. For instance all the military up-dates are coming directly from our database. All the databases and information within the various databases can be viewed by everyone, for free. As a subscriber to the magazine you have some extra benefits compared to non-subscribers.I also find it disconcerting that you automatically assume that your readership would wish to re-distribute the magazine I presume for payment. Ours is an information reliant and sharing hobby and Scramble only exists by virtue of all the many enthusiasts that take the time to collect and provide information & photo's for free but which you take the time to collate and produce what is an excellent magazine and reference work. I only finally decided to subscribe to Scramble after a friend loaned me a copy of it. I also noted an old copy of Scramble on the the magazine rack of my local health center waiting room, is this not re distribution?
No, the magazines are offered via the pocketmags software. When you have an account with pocketmags, you are able to view your purchases at different devices. You can try for yourself with your wife's Android phone or own Android or I-Phone. Search for Scramble Magazine in the I-tunes store / google play store, download and login or create a pocketmags account.Maurice wrote:A small side step to this topic. I am also in doubt to move to a digital subscription rather than a paper one. At the moment I own an iPad and can purchase my membership via iTunes.
What happens to my old digital 'copies' when I decide to by a tablet from a different brand next year, without access to iTunes anymore? Will I never be able to view 'my' old Scrambles anymore?
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