[Icom] Service Manuals on CD

[Chris BONDE]

I agree with you about pirated copies of respectable firms.
I just hope that the radio industry doesnot go the way of using the 
copyright to blackmail the user.  That is the main reason that I can see 
that most of the music pirates are supported.
Chris opr VE7HCB


At 02:16 PM 2002-02-24 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi, everyone,
> >
> > They are pirated copies of the manuals.  Someone has scanned the
> > copyrighted Icom manuals, put them on a CD and is selling them.  If you
> > normally buy pirated software this won't bother you.  If you would prefer
> > not to buy stolen goods, it will.
>
>Dick makes a great point.  There are all sorts of manuals and schematics 
>all over the web.  In some very few cases it is with permission of the 
>company.  In other cases the company has gone out of business and the 
>copyright has expired putting the manual in the public domain.  In *most* 
>cases it's just plain illegal and a copyright violation.
>
>Some of you know that I run the Mizuho reflector and that I am slowly 
>building an "unofficial" Mizuho website.  (There is no official site, even 
>in Japanese.)  I have been asked about posting manuals and schematics and 
>I have resisted doing so.  Why?  Mizuho is very much in business and 
>*sells* old manual copies.  I just bought two myself.  Icom is no 
>different.  Nowadays Mizuho has no presence in the US, but international 
>copyright laws still apply AFAIK.
>
>I am not an attorney nor an expert.  I was, for many years, a software 
>developer.  I have had a little of my writing published over the years. I 
>know I don't want my intellectual property taken without my 
>permission.  Would you?
>
>I also wonder a lot about W7FG, sarrio.com, and others.
>
>Thanks, Dick, for notifying Icom.  I hope they (with eBay's help) put a 
>stop to it.
>
>73,
>Caity
>KU4QD
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