[Heathkit] BAMA and Heathkit docs???

[Larry WA9VRH]

So Carl your telling me just because someone exercised his right to purchase 
the rights to a companies intellectual property you are going to be an 
asshole and send this persons property that he has legally paid for to 
someone in another country so you can screw the guy out of his legal 
property...

Your one hell of a great example of an Amatuer Radio Operator....

Did you buy your license or did you get it FREE???

I provided Ken with a number of Heathkit manuals to BAMA.  I was pleased 
when I saw he had removed them and for the reason why.

I admidt I was surprised at the news that someone purchased the rights to 
the Heathkit manuals. I can't imagine how he is going to break even no 
matter what he paid for those rights. However that is his choice. I hope he 
does well as this probably means that the Heathkit manuals will be around 
for a long time.

73 Larry WA9VRH



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
To: "Dan Pividal" <dpividal at tampabay.rr.com>; "heathkit at mailman.qth.nt" 
<heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] BAMA and Heathkit docs???


> 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
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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
>>
>