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On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:39:45 UTC, ";-p"
wrote: 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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