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PDF & Copyright Notes

The columns arrive as an email attachment in PDF format ("Portable Document Format"). This is a common fixed format that is read easily across the various operating systems. A PDF document avoids common formatting mistranslations between email programs when writing “inline” emails. It also makes it easier to:

1) place a variety of pictures and charts in an article
2) save a copy and read it off-line
3) to print a correctly formatted hard copy

Most computer users already have a PDF reader installed on their system. if not, there are many free PDF readers available online. Adobe’s free PDF readers are the most popular and they provide versions for all the main operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux).
Click here to visit Adobe's download page for their free PDF readers.

Copyright Notes

The attached documents you receive by email under your subscription have copyright protection under U.S. Copyright Law {Title 17 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq., Title 18 U.S.C. Section 2319}.

My business philosophy is: "I’m more interested in making things easier for the honest than to make things difficult for the dishonest."

I have chosen to go with a very trusting form of distribution that provides the greatest convenience to the subscriber. I’m not going to ask my readers to retrieve articles by visiting a website and learning yet another username and password. And I want it to be easy rather than difficult to print out a hard copy, if that is the way you prefer to read the story. I want to make it as positive an experience as I can for the subscriber. That includes the article simply appearing in your email box - hopefully eliciting a smile of anticipation - and all you have to do is click on the attachment to have the article unfold before you in your PDF reader.

I assume copyright law frowns on unauthorized reproduction through the forwarding of a copyrighted email attachment. I will tell you as the author what my hope is, that I want my subscribers to limit the forwarding of their subscribed copy to the following:

1) For their own personal convenience, that is, that they are the intended recipient
2) To share a story that is of singular interest to the recipient
3) To serve as a sample that will inspire the recipient to subscribe

I’m not naive. I know there are going to be situations where readers will be tempted into abusing their subscriptions. That's why the order page includes a “bonus” option where they can slip us a bonus as their conscience dictates. And of course, if you think the stories are great, the service impeccable, and just want to send us a tip, more power to you.