[Hallicrafters] Re Reprinting Posters Etc.

[Eugene Rippen]

Other than what I have already said, my additional comment is that I have
never had any problem getting
permission to use coyrights, when that permissiion was required.
As for trademarks. their protection is based upon their use to identify one
product from another.  Once the items are no longer produced, the trademark
is susceptable to being considered abandoned. Each case is determined upon
its own facts however.

Gene


----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:20 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Re Reprinting Posters Etc.


>
>
> This is a very complicated and highly confusing area. Let me share with
you just
> a few examples.
>
> The reference to a teacher being able to reprint ... Yes, but 'with prior
> consent' being obtained either by the school district or some entity
somewhere.
> The History Channel, for their series 'Teachers In The Classroom', allows
a
> person to video tape the program for use in the public schools until a
specific
> date, which is stated, whereupon said tape must be destroyed or erased.
>
> QST magazine allows absolutely nothing to be reprinted unless prior
consent is
> obtained and their strict requirements for reprinting are met. This also
> includes, the author of the original article. I have them right here from
Steve
> Ford of QST. It makes no difference if this article appeared in 1938 or
1998.
>
> It is expensive to go through the copyright procedure and equally costly
to
> enforce it once it is secured. Remember, taking what is not yurs and
copying and
> distributing it is basically theft.
>
> As far as those who are willfully copying copyrighted manuals and
reselling
> them, they are taking a risk. If somebody somewhere smells money, and has
the
> copyright to said materials, they may find themselves being sued many
years down
> the road.
>
> There are dozens and dozens of examples, the music industry is one that is
> obvious to all of us.
>
> Some materials are copied and sold, and nothing is said. But try this with
a
> video tape! They smell profit ...
>
> As a published author, I can assure you, that when a piece of my work is
stolen
> and distributed without my prior consent, I find that offensive. If you
write a
> computer program and somebody steals it, how would you feel? I, for one,
and
> others I know, have had this happen with some of the BIG boys in the
industry.
> But it is almost impossible to fight the huge corporations. They have the
time,
> legal help and money to wear you out. Makes no difference if you are
absolutely
> correct and within your rights, they simply drag it out until you give up.
>
> It comes down to this.  If you copy copyrighted or trademarked materials
and
> distribute them in any manner and do not have written permissionto do so
prior
> to doing so, you put yourself at risk for a lawsuit. You roll the dice and
hope
> that snake eyes do not come up. (in the game of Craps, snake eyes is a
loser)
>
> Remember the Ham radio operator who was sued last year because of the
letters in
> his call matching a copyrighted/trademarked product? It turned out alright
in
> the end, but he went through Hell for a while. It was not even his fault.
You
> never know, so be careful.
>
> Duane W8DBF
>
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