Larry, thank you. I went to the library and spot checked some episodes of Whispering Streets. They weren't Australian unfortunately. An interesting point. At first I incorrectly typed in otrr.net inst

Wikipedia is not a good source either. The reason the importation of the transcriptions stopped in 1940, long before the U.S entered the war, was that the Australian Government banned the importation

I would like to know more about "The Whispering Streets". I have it as Australian, a Grace Gibson Production from 1960 starring Lyndall Barbour as Hope Winslow. It is 260 x quarter hour episodes. Ian

"It is interesting that there was an Australian soap opera similar to When a Girl Marries. " Larry It is the same series, different actors etc. When the U.S. scripts ran out, the Australian scriptwrit

Just a quick word on lossless vs lossy. Its not that mp3 is a bad format. I use it as a listening format myself. Those of us who collect transcriptions prefer 1st Generation because we feel we have a

Not that I am aware of Barbara. He was a double amputee and moved between his home in the north and Florida. Playing golf in his spare time. We all trusted him and his research, including JerryH who w

I teased him once by telling people to remove the bk and he posted back in a panic saying, don't tell them that, I will not know where I am up to. Ian

I second all that. I still miss Ben. His questions, his logs, his hard work doing real research and of course his bk on filenames. Ian

Larry, the biggest risk is using the images online because they have bots trolling sites looking for their images. A newsletter offline would reduce the risk. But people being people, you know that if

A great explanation Joe. I have never had anything to do with them. I have had friends who received the legal demands via email. So I have always been careful. I buy a lot of original OTR Photos to av

Apart from the obvious ones with Getty Images on them, we have no way of knowing. They like it that way. They simply point out that the onus is on you to get your images from legitimate sources. Any i

Yes, they have their watermarks as Richard says, but they also have all their images registered and bots searching for examples of them being published online. I am just giving you a 'heads up'. Life

Be careful using the Getty Images. Its a Hornets nest if you don't pay them. They have bots trolling the internet looking for their images being used. Rightly or wrongly, they control a lot of images

As a Veteran and on disability with Terminal Cancer, we will have to agree to disagree. Ian Sent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy S7 on the Telstra Mobile Network

Chris, I am also going through Cancer treatment. This hobby has been a great distraction for me over the years Ian Sent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy S7 on the Telstra Mobile Network

Yes, I BOUGHT the set, same as I BOUGHT Tooth Fairy. Ian Sent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy S7 on the Telstra Mobile Network

Sorry, personal use is not a legel reason to pirate commercial copyright programs and never has been. Ian Sent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy S7 on the Telstra Mobile Network

Why go for "low hanging fruit" when there is so many other series that need finding and real research? Ian Sent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy S7 on the Telstra Mobile Network

Folks, these are still copyright, available in sets from legitimate retail sources and in perfect sound. They are not 'in danger' or 'missing'. Ian