Legality of redistributing old Amiga mags and cover disks

[recidivist]

 There are lots of good books and magazines on almost every subject and yet the originals are rarely found so those who sell used books didlike new ,free, reprints.
 If the publisher still exists they will probably want a fee unless they realize the wide interest is only a thousand people who likely wouldn't buy a reprint anyway.
 This points out why the old copyright period made sense and the revised law is ridiculous.Kind of like the old law that said a man's home was his castle and the British Crown disarming all subjects and arresting those who fight back against burglars!
 
 I wonder how many of the publications sold on ebay might have been scanned before sales?
 
  I remember one Amiga magazine "going out in dtyle" and saying they did not want their work to linger on in poor paper or a sad website with old info. Charles Schultz supposedly wanted all things Charlie Brown to not be displayed or sold after his passing.The heirs felt differently.
 
 I have been thinking of scanning my magazine collection as they got damp and some very musty.
  Not sure if scanning outside will be workable but hate to lose info to mold.O health either.

[recidivist]

Thanks,
 I also have  Ataris up to 1040ST.

 I got scammed uin persoin when a flea marketer sold me a large box of ST software packages which I neglected to check all the boxes.MOST of the disks were gone!Seller told me later,no refund ,he sold the disks seperately to someone earlier in the day!

 CAVEAT EMPTOR!