On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, geneb wrote:
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, Evan Koblentz wrote:
On Wed, 19 Aug 2015, et...@757.org wrote:
Years ago I needed a HP service manual for a plotter I was trying to
repair that I owned. HP of course wouldn't let me have it, so I had to
buy a PDF copy from someone on eBay. I ended up removing the password
and posting it on my website.
That's called "stealing".
HP no longer had the manual in their archives so they couldn't provide it.
No it's not. At *worst* you're voilating the copyright of someone elses
copyright violation. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS. NOT. THEFT. This is not
my opinion, it's decided case law by the Supreme Court.
Sigh. I'm just going to leave these here...
Release of copyright
http://www.ko4bb.com/getsimple/index.php?id=download&file=Tektronix/Tektronix_-_Miscelaneous/Tek_Copyright_Release.pdf
Tektronix Policy on Copying of Out-of-date Materials
http://www.tek.com/dl/Tektronix_Policy_on_Copying.pdf
To put this more back on the original subject, Manuals Plus also had
explicit permission from both Tektronix and HP/Agilent/Keysight to
actually duplicate/reprint their manuals. This is why some manuals were so
expensive...they were copied as needed to fill an order, and according to
Becky, it was a very labor intensive process. Jason will know exactly what
I'm talking about here too, as he got their Master (Reprint) manuals.
