[Heathkit] BAMA and Heathkit docs???

[Carl]

Below is the party line as posted by Ken to some reflectors.

Ive been advised that there are some that have copied the complete file 
to CD.

I am looking for a copy of that CD and will arrange to have it hosted 
offshore where the silliness factor is ignored.

Carl

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There has been a lot of discussion about the disappearance of the
Heathkit manuals from BAMA.
It has always been my policy to immediately remove material from BAMA
any time a copyright was exercised.  The current owner of the Heathkit
copyright bought and paid for it and has a right to receive a return on
his investment.  When he contacted me to exercise the copyright, I
immediately agreed to remove the Heathkit manuals.

Copyright is as American as apple pie and is protected by the
Constitution and the laws made under it by the Congress.  While I may be
best known for making manuals and schematics available for free
downloading on BAMA, I'm here to tell you that I believe in the
principle of copyright and have absolutely no trouble with the exercise
of that right by an owner....nor should you.

There seems to be some uncertainty about the length that a copyright is
valid.  Some seem to think that copyrighted material enters the public
domain after 20 years.  That is simply not true.  The Heathkit material
copyright extends for 95 years from the copyright date.  So, that manual
for the SB-10 Sideband Adapter copyrighted in 1960 is protected until
2055 when it will become a part of the public domain.  I seriously doubt
that I will be around to add it back to the BAMA collection at that 
time!

For a succinct presentation of the length of time for a work to become
part of the public domain, see http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm


73,

-- 
Ken K4XL
k4xl at arrl.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Pividal" <dpividal at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "heathkit at mailman.qth.nt" <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:41 PM
Subject: [Heathkit] BAMA and Heathkit docs???


> Did I get this right?
> Because some company bought the educational material, that was once 
> sold by a company that used to sell radio equipment but has been out 
> of that business for over 30 years, we can no longer download Heathkit 
> manuals from BAMA.
> If this is so we need to start our own files.
> What is it with BAMA?
> The copyrights on those manuals must be expired by now.
> Does the company that bought the rights to the material plan on 
> selling the manuals or just keep them out of the hand of HAMS?
> Does anyone have more information on this?
> Dan/N4VET
>