[Boatanchors] Re: [AMRadio] Scurvy Dog

[Jim Isbell]

This is an unfair characterization of this person.  He/She states in the 
ad that they are available and in the public domain and even gives the 
information on where you can download them.  They are making no secret 
of their availability.   He/She is offering a service to the buyer to do 
the download and put it on a CD.  There is nothing wrong with this.

I do a similar service on a CD that I created by downloading ALL the 
NOAA navigation charts (over 1800 of them) that are publicly available 
for download on the internet.  It took me several days at 15 hours a day 
to get them all downloaded and recorded on a CD.  Some people dont want 
to do all that labor.

I also tell prospective buyers exactly where they can go to download the 
charts for themselves, but people still elect to come to me for my service.

The guy/guys who are downloading and selling BAMA manuals are NOT 
telling the prospective customer where the manuals are coming 
from...this is a horse of a different color.

BUT...they are not bootlegging them!  They are available for download to 
all comers.  They are just being dishonest in that they are not telling 
their customers that they could get them for free if they wanted to.  If 
they did, it still would not be a bad deal....if you have ever stood in 
line to get onto that site you know very well that a "downloaded onto CD 
service" is worth something.

Jim W5JAI

Mark Foltarz wrote:

>Anyone see the  Ebay ad for the guy selling copies of the "Voice of Victory?"
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>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1502&item=3093200724
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>You can download for free (and with the archives blessings ) from 
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>Part 1 
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>http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=prelinger&collectionid=07951a
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>Part 2 
>http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=prelinger&collectionid=07951b
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>Probably the same guy is  bootlegging and selling manuals from BAMA!
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>Mark
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