On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:39:45 UTC, ";-p"
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COLIN LAMB wrote:
If someone lawfully downloads something on the internet that is not
protected and sells it, and another person calls him a thief, or infringes
upon his right to sell that item, then the person who is harmed is the
seller - who in turn has a cause of action against the accuser for libel and
interference with the right to sell.

Be careful when accusing someone of being a thief, or they may take your
money from you.

Colin K7FM


Oh come off it Colin. We all know that none of us has the real rights
to this material. What I'm saying is that if "I" go to the trouble to
scan in a 200 page manual and then upload for free use by others, I
have done most of the work and if someone downloads this work and sells
it they are stealing my work. In that regard the seller is a thief.
Maybe not in the legal sense but in a moral sense he is. THIEF he is
and THIEF I'll call him.

That's a little harsh. I've tried to download stuff off BAMA.
Success varies. If someone with more patience than I manages the
download, perhaps doing it at the wee hours, there is value in that.

Granted it seems unfair but I don't have to pay them, I can stay up
and try for an "opening".

Where there is an ethical problem (as in, ethics among intellectual
property thieves), is that the sellers on eBay aren't saying, "I got
this off the public Ham Radio manual site and burned it to CD for
you. Please bid appropriately."

and

"Those of you who don't have broadband or perhaps want the
convenience of CD's will appreciate this service."

I'm not saying that it's wrong to propagate manuals for 30 year old
radios. I recognize that it is outside the law but you lawyers out
there, libraries have copy machines in them, even the Library of
Congress.

Clearly the law is wrong about intellectual property rights in this
area.

de ah6gi, spiffing up Collins 75S-1 Serial Number 55, previously
owned by Dave.


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