Mike Cirba,
You and TEPaul owe David Moriarty, Tom MacWood and me a profound apology.
Colt's map evidently entered the Public Domain as early as January of 1914, having been published in the Philadelphia Enquirer on January 4, 1914.
Here's Joe Bausch's original post:
Author Topic: January 4, 1914 drawing: Pine Valley (Read 3092 times)
Joe Bausch
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January 4, 1914 drawing: Pine Valley
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Here is the drawing published in the Philadelphia Inquirer for Pine Valley from 1914:
Headline: Pine Valley Course Designed for All the Year 'Round Playing and Calling for "Thinking Golf" by Players; Article Type: News/Opinion
Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer, published as The Philadelphia Inquirer; Date: 01-04-1914; Volume: 170; Issue: 4; Page: 11; Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
That you on GCA.com and TEPaul in nasty emails attacked Tom MacWood for posting the map, after Joe Bausch had posted it four years earlier, quoting from the "Philadelphia Enquirer" is outrageous. Then, attacking David Moriarty, Tom MacWood and myself for advocating that the map should remain in the Public Domain when it had appeared in newspapers is the height of arrogance.
As I indicated, you and TEPaul owe the three of us a profound apology.
You guys are so deluded as to your self appointed roles that you didn't even remember participating on Joe's thread.
And, to show the height of your arrogance, NOT ONCE did you demand that Joe remove the map, yet, you lambasted Tom MacWood for posting the same thing that Joe Bausch posted.
You embraced Joe's posting, and attacked Tom MacWood's posting.
WHY
Because you have personal vendettas that cloud your thinking and prevent you from being objective.
This episode above all others shows how biased, arrogant and wrong you are.