[Boatanchors] 73 Magazine pdf files

[jmfranke]

It is legal to sell or give away copyrighted material.  The material can be 
repeatedly sold or given away.  It can be illegal to sell or give away 
copied or replicated copyrighted material.

John  WA4WDL

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From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 9:38 AM
To: "Francesco Ledda" <frledda at verizon.net>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] 73 Magazine pdf files

> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Francesco Ledda <frledda at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> I understand that the seller took the time to scan the originals and
>> assemble the final pdf document. Does this give him/her the right to 
>> claim
>> copyrights on the document? Just wondering.....
>
> No more so than a used bookstore does. Yet they (used or old book
> stores) seem to sell copyrighted material daily without compensating
> the original authors or anyone beyond themselves. I guess all of the
> people selling complete years of the original QST, CQ, 73, or Ham
> Radio magazines must be breaking the law too. Especially if someone
> gave them the magazines.
>
> As has been pointed out by several, it's a pretty ridiculous thread
> over something so benign. But like so many other issues in amateur
> radio today, more and more seems to be based in feeding someone's ego
> and less in providing a helping hand to the amateur community.
>
> Fini. (o:
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