[Heathkit] Heathkit Manual Copyright

[Bry Carling]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: heathkit-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:heathkit-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bry Carling
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 5:10 AM
> To: heathkit at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Heathkit Manual Copyright
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> Great comments, Miles. Thank you. It makes me wonder what happens
> when the
> train has already left the station, as in this situation. 
> How enforceable is this if someone is not selling the shcmatics for
> profit
> but gives away thousands and thousands of copies as .GIF files atht
> are on
> trhousands of thousands of computers. DCMA probably helps this
> copyright
> holder, but he must have a very thick skin after all the things
> people wrote
> about him on various groups a couple of years ago when this
> started...
> 
> You can still download most Heathkit manuals on the web from
> various
> countries, and a lot of guys still send them to each other under
> cover of
> darkness where prying eyes can't watch. 
> Is it illegal to talk about e-mailing them to someone? OR is it the
> act of
> reading the manual that could get someone in trouble with the law?
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> Is it the possession of these GIF files that is illegal? The
> transmission of
> them? The sharing of  them? The selling - I can see that last one
> for sure
> as a prosecutable offense, but wonder about the others, especially
> since so
> many communities can't even afford to put real criminals in jail for
> the
> full time of their sentences.
> 
> It sounds like your last statement about patent could be a powerful
> one.
> 
> >  however, invite a better copyright lawyer than I to investigate
> the 
> > question of how far the air use doctrine may apply to the case of
> > republishing schematic diagrams and " by way of example "
> > alignment
> > procedures. 
> > 
> > There may also be a question of whether Heathkit was attempting to
> use 
> > copyright law to protect something that can only be protected by a
> > patent.
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