[Milsurplus] Heathkit Manuals Stealing the fun out of the hobby...

[John Hutchins]

All -

Stopping the free exchange of printed material not for sale, "Don 
Peterson" has no right to stop such exchanges.  This type of exchange is 
no different than what happens in a library; IMO as long as there is no 
sale;  Don,  has no damage claim.  Again this is my opinion.  Sites like 
BAMA have precedent to stand on but that takes time and money.  Not 
worth the legal headache.

When in need drop a line to the list I am sure a manual may just turn up 
in your mail box }

Hutch




On 2/16/2010 1:11 AM, Michael Tauson wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Robert  Eleazer
> <releazer at earthlink.net>  wrote:
>    
>> As I am sure y'all all know, the Heathkit manuals formerly on BAMA were removed
>> when the new owner of the intellectual property rights objected to giving away the
>> info for free.
>>      
> Wherein lies an interesting problem.  So many people have downloaded
> the material from BAMA et al and sent it to others that a copyright
> seems to be pretty empty, at least for them.  It's kind of a locked
> barn vs stolen horse (or at least downloaded horse) situation.  This
> leads me to wonder what he really *owns* vs what he only wants to
> believe he owns.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG+
>