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Hungarian Course

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Category: Community
Forum Name: Problem Reports
Forum Discription: Report problems with language courses or web links.
URL: http://fsi-language-courses.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=500
Printed Date: 16 January 2009 at 2:52am


Topic: Hungarian Course
Posted By: Palomnik
Subject: Hungarian Course
Date Posted: 13 November 2007 at 9:41am
I thought that I'd better let you know about this, although I suspect that you already are aware of it and have acted accordingly.
 
I have a copy of Volume I of the Hungarian course, and it has a 1994 copyright in it in the name of the authors, printed by Hippocrene.  Is this a problem?



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Posted By: Chung
Date Posted: 13 November 2007 at 3:05pm

Hippocrene took the original, rescaled to a smaller book and has been selling the rescaled book under its name. There's nothing wrong with what Hippocrene did since the original stuff is in the public domain in the USA. It's just that Westerwick chose to donate a copy of the original books and tapes for free distribution here, while Hippocrene took Vol. 1's text, rescaled it, added a cover page and sells it for a small profit.



Posted By: Palomnik
Date Posted: 13 November 2007 at 11:02pm
I'm very glad to hear it!
 
When the site was down for a few days, I was deathly afraid that it had to shut down because of copyright problems.  There are of course any number of companies that are attempting to make a buck off of the FSI courses, and I'm sure that none of them are happy that this site is around.


Posted By: colburk
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 2:48pm
I have no voice on any of the Hungarian lessons, is this normal?


Posted By: zoeld
Date Posted: 02 December 2007 at 6:31am
How did you download the MP3 files? Use "Save As" in your browser and try to play them using an MP3 player like WinAmp, VLC or iTunes. - The hungarian lessons work perfectly for me, so I doubt they are broken.



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