[AMRadio] Heathkit Manual Copyright Challenged

[manualman at juno.com]

That's not a true statement. DataPro has never claimed "intellectual
ownership".  In the past, Heathkit was the only authorized seller of
their replicated documents. In 2008, they sold that right to DataPro.
DataPro became the sole authorized seller of their replicated documents. 
The authorized seller has the right to copy and distribute. In effect, it
is also called a "copy right" or simply "copyright". If the company you
reference below is authorized by DataPro to be a seller or distributor,
there would be no issue.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:19:53 -0500 (EST) Donald Chester
<k4kyv at charter.net> writes:
> This website has a rather extensive collection of freely downloadable 
> 
> Heathkit manuals. They openly challenge Data Professionals' 
> intellectual 
> ownership of many Heathkit manuals.
> 
> Quote:
> "We have received a number of emails from a Don Peterson of Data 
> Professionals
> (7172 Regional Street, PMB 268, Dublin, CA 94568) claiming to be the 
> 
> owner of copyrights on these Heathkit manuals. But so far Mr. 
> Peterson 
> seems unable to substantiate this alleged copyright ownership.
> 
> "Therefore Tubular Electronics will continue making these manuals 
> available for download until such time as a verified copyright owner 
> 
> asks to have them removed. Please be reminded that falsely claiming 
> 
> ownership of a copyright is fraud, and such attempts will be 
> reported to 
> the proper authorities.
> 
> "I hope the availability of these manual scans has been useful. It 
> is 
> our intention to continue to provide more of this material to our 
> readers. ..."
> 
> http://tubularelectronics.com/