[ARSCLIST] William Randolph Hearst

[Mike Loughlin <mikel78_rpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

1. William Randolph Hearst financed Edison's film companyt to go to Tampa 
Florida and then to Cuba to make kinetoscopes of the war. He was the one who 
paid for the filming of "The Burial of the Maine Victims. No newspaper story 
or photos had a bigger impact than these films.  Buffalo Bill was recorded 
by Berliner urging America to go to war over the "atrocities" in Cuba.  Of 
course newspapers were bigger at the time, even up to Wilson but their 
influence was soon to shrink, due to movies, radio, television and now to 
today, where the illiterate hold sway over the country. This whole process 
was begun on Dec 6 1877.

2. I said nothing about Eldridge Johnson being an infringer.  Berliner was, 
which is why he ran to Canada.  Edison had a reluctance to enter the disc 
market because the spiraling discs had an inherent flaw making them an 
inferior medium as far as the sound quality was concerned.  Play a Blue 
Amberol with an electric pickup and you will hear sound quality unequalled 
by any other medium at the time, even the Diamond Disc, which also produced 
a sound quality unmatched by any othe recording company.  It is funny that 
today people worry about "Copyrights" for recordings that are over 100 years 
old (a clear violation of the constitutions "limited time" regulation but 
don't see that from 1877-at least 1900 Edison should have had the right to 
control the entire recorded sound industry. The problem was the idea was so 
simple everyone thinks they would have thought of it.  Edison invented the 
phonograph practically by accident.  But he still invented it and patented 
it. His patent was never respected.

3. Lincoln and Wilson probably threw reporters in jail because they  didn't 
want people debating important issues "ad nauseum"




> From: Roger and Allison Kulp <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List              
> <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx>
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] The Incompetence at ENHS
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:20:35 -0700
>
> As important as this material is,it is in public
> domain,as such I agree it should be out
> there.However,from your posts here,you do not make it
> clear,if the material is caught up in government red
> tape,or if there are not enough people at Menlo
> Park/East Orange ,to do the work of digitizing,and
> uploading it,or if you are merely concerned about
> somebody else taking credit for your work.I do not
> know the background to your story,beyond what you
> say,but each of these are different issues,that need
> to be addressed seperately.Not all of which,should be
> addressed here.
>
> The phonograph was important,but not as important as
> the newspaper was in shaping American politics.William
> Randolph Hearst,being the obvious example.Why do you
> think Woodrow Wilson pick up Lincoln's practice of
> throwing newspaper editors,and magazine publishers in
> jail ?
>
> And,as for Johnson & Berliner stealing Edison's
> ideas,that is open to debate,I don't believe they
> did,given Edison's initial reluctance to enter the
> disc market.As well as the reasons he made his
> discs,and players incompatable,with any other
> maker's.All of which has been documented,and
> debated,ad nauseum elsewhere.
>
> With that I say goodnight.
>                              Roger Kulp
>
> --- Mike Loughlin <mikel78_rpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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