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Cmd Buzz Corey May 13th 05 04:55 AM

Chuck Harris wrote:
Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:

Chuck Harris wrote:


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's
ok, right?




If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.



Apparently you have trouble telling the difference between a hypothetical
situation, and an offer to burglarize your house.


As long as you keep it hyothetical you are safe.

Cmd Buzz Corey May 14th 05 01:14 AM

Chuck Harris wrote:


So, tell me, why do you feel so threatened that you need to announce
to the world (that is the audience here) that you are armed and looking
for a fight?

There was nothing in my post that could possibly make a literate person
believe I was planning to burglarize *your* home, and yet your first
instinct was to thump your chest and warn off all potential intruders.


Where did I say I was looking for a fight? and I don't feel threatened,
you come burglarizing my home and you are the one looking for a fight
and will certainly feel threathened. You are the one who brought it up,
not me.

No One You Know May 14th 05 12:04 PM

How to stop the manual thieves
 
One way to stop these thieves is to have the BAMA site print on every
page in bold letters "THIS MANUAL IS FROM THE BAMA MANUAL ARCHIVE" or
some other wording. This placed on the front cover and table of
contents might at least slow down the stupid thieves.

Any other legal ideas?


Cmd Buzz Corey May 14th 05 01:54 PM

Chuck Harris wrote:
Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:

Chuck Harris wrote:


So, tell me, why do you feel so threatened that you need to announce
to the world (that is the audience here) that you are armed and looking
for a fight?

There was nothing in my post that could possibly make a literate person
believe I was planning to burglarize *your* home, and yet your first
instinct was to thump your chest and warn off all potential intruders.




Where did I say I was looking for a fight?



Right he


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's
ok, right?



If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.


You are challenging me to burglarize your house so you can try and
shoot me.


Get a life chuckie, I in no way was 'challenging' you to burglarize my
home, you are the one that first mentioned burglarizing. I simply said
if you do, then be prepared to face the consenquences.


My hypothetical question, shown above was an attempt to help you to
understand that it doesn't matter whether or not a thief sells, or
gives away stolen property, a crime has still occurred.


And as I said, as long as it remains hypothetical, then you have nothing
to worry about.

Mr Fed UP May 14th 05 05:05 PM

Well good luck. I wouldn't want to toss water on your parade, but if the
major
music and computer software firms fail at this; I wouldn't hold out much
hope of
making it theft proof. The best I could recommend is that everyone boycott
those
folks caught selling pirated material. Any efforts the make it harder would
just be
a pain in the butt for all those who really appreciate the BAMA site and
other
places that have help for those in need of assistance.

Thanks for the posting.... I wouldn't want to donate to a thief.
73 WB9SMX Gary


"No One You Know" wrote in message
oups.com...
One way to stop these thieves is to have the BAMA site print on every
page in bold letters "THIS MANUAL IS FROM THE BAMA MANUAL ARCHIVE" or
some other wording. This placed on the front cover and table of
contents might at least slow down the stupid thieves.

Any other legal ideas?




Ben Bradley May 14th 05 07:54 PM

On 14 May 2005 04:04:02 -0700, "No One You Know"
wrote:

One way to stop these thieves is to have the BAMA site print on every
page in bold letters "THIS MANUAL IS FROM THE BAMA MANUAL ARCHIVE" or
some other wording. This placed on the front cover and table of
contents might at least slow down the stupid thieves.

Any other legal ideas?


Technically and legally, making a scan and uploading it doesn't
transfer any rights. "Thanks" to Disney, copyright can go back as
early as 1926. Some manuals may be old enough to be in the public
domain (I forget all the rules, but if it's more recent than 1925 you
should check), and a company having gone out of business does not
automatically make the manuals public domain (though it may reduce the
chance of there being anyone to sue you for infringement.
There was a recent thread on sci.electronics.design on copying of
older HP and Tektronix manuals, and of the companies still holding
copyright. Someone got a clarification from one of those companies (I
forget which) that manuals can be scanned and put on CDR's and traded
'at cost', but not made available for download on the Internet.
Whoever runs BAMA may want to read that thread to see what they might
have for download that the company might go after them for.

But I can understand the feelings against these ebay profiteers.

If you want to put them out of business (and presuming the specific
manuals being offered are public domain or permission is granted from
the copyright holders), sell them yourself on ebay for $1 or $2 each
or whatever copying and postage costs you. A fully loaded CDR should
be about $2 or $3 postpaid, and a printout of a scan at whatever it
costs, maybe postage plus 20 cents a page (whatever it costs to print
with those inkjet cartridges that are 2/3rds the price of a new inkjet
printer).

-----
http://mindspring.com/~benbradley

Chuck Harris May 14th 05 09:21 PM

Mr Fed UP wrote:
Well good luck. I wouldn't want to toss water on your parade, but if the
major
music and computer software firms fail at this; I wouldn't hold out much
hope of
making it theft proof. The best I could recommend is that everyone boycott
those
folks caught selling pirated material. Any efforts the make it harder would


But legally most everything posted on BAMA *is* pirated material. As far as I
know, only Agilent and Tektronix have given license for what BAMA is doing.

All these guys on ebay are doing is making BAMA's pirated material available on
a different media.

-Chuck

Cmd Buzz Corey May 14th 05 09:45 PM

Chuck Harris wrote:


But legally most everything posted on BAMA *is* pirated material. As
far as I
know, only Agilent and Tektronix have given license for what BAMA is doing.


And BAMA isn't attempting to profit from any of it.

All these guys on ebay are doing is making BAMA's pirated material
available on
a different media.

-Chuck


On BAMA it is free to download, as opposed to ebay where the material is
up for sale. These scum are attempting to profit from the work of others
that is meant to be available for free.

No One You Know May 14th 05 09:49 PM


Chuck Harris wrote:
Mr Fed UP wrote:
Well good luck. I wouldn't want to toss water on your parade, but

if the
major
music and computer software firms fail at this; I wouldn't hold out

much
hope of
making it theft proof. The best I could recommend is that everyone

boycott
those
folks caught selling pirated material. Any efforts the make it

harder would

But legally most everything posted on BAMA *is* pirated material. As

far as I
know, only Agilent and Tektronix have given license for what BAMA is

doing.

All these guys on ebay are doing is making BAMA's pirated material

available on
a different media.

-Chuck


That being said, all of the other after market manual providers will
not be able to provide copies either. Some have been doing this for
years.
Is there a difference between 'public domain' and 'pirated'? I think
so.

Anyway, IMO stealing is stealing.


Gregg May 14th 05 10:10 PM

Behold, No One You Know scribed on tube chassis:

One way to stop these thieves is to have the BAMA site print on every
page in bold letters "THIS MANUAL IS FROM THE BAMA MANUAL ARCHIVE" or
some other wording.


Anyone half-competent with GIMP or PS could strip that in less than five
minutes.

The best thing is if you don't want it stolen, don't put it on the web.
Whicj of course, would defeat the purpose of BAMA.


--
Gregg "t3h g33k"
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca
*Ratings are for transistors, tubes have guidelines*

Albert & Btittany Spear May 15th 05 01:09 AM


"No One You Know" wrote in message
oups.com...
One way to stop these thieves is to have the BAMA site print on every
page in bold letters "THIS MANUAL IS FROM THE BAMA MANUAL ARCHIVE" or
some other wording. This placed on the front cover and table of
contents might at least slow down the stupid thieves.

Any other legal ideas?


I don't know if this manual heist would be considered 'stolen' but the link
for stolen property reports on Ebay is :

http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_u...n=Continue+%3E


Might just get the attention of Ebay if enough people report him and other
bipedal fecaloids attempting to profit from BAMA.



[email protected] May 15th 05 02:47 AM

Albert & Btittany Spear wrote:
"No One You Know" wrote in message
oups.com...

One way to stop these thieves is to have the BAMA site print on every
page in bold letters "THIS MANUAL IS FROM THE BAMA MANUAL ARCHIVE" or
some other wording. This placed on the front cover and table of
contents might at least slow down the stupid thieves.

Any other legal ideas?



I don't know if this manual heist would be considered 'stolen' but the link
for stolen property reports on Ebay is :

http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_u...n=Continue+%3E


Might just get the attention of Ebay if enough people report him and other
bipedal fecaloids attempting to profit from BAMA.


Here is a more honest manual seller.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=3093105 539


Phil Nelson May 15th 05 05:07 AM

Hate to be a wet blanket, but how do you know that half of the stuff on BAMA
is not pirated and should never have been posted there in the first place?

Not all old schematics & manuals are in the public domain. For instance,
SAMS Technical Publishing, http://www.samswebsite.com/photofacts.html , is
still alive and well, and they have an understandable interest in keeping
people from distributing free, unauthorized copies of their Photofacts to
the world.

Just because you buy a copy of something, scan it, and upload to the
Internet, doesn't mean that it is "yours" to give away to the world.

If I scan the latest Tom Clancy novel and post his book on the Internet, I
am violating his copyright, pure and simple.

The only exceptions would be if :

[A] I have Tom Clancy's permission to distribute free copies of his latest
novel on the Internet,

or,

[b] I can prove in a court of law that Tom's copyright has expired or been
abandoned for some reason.

If I don't have [A] or [b] on my side, then Tom kicks my butt and closes me
down.

That said, I'm a supporter & lover of sites such as BAMA and
www.nostalgiaair.org , which supply valuable information to people around
the world. I have used these sites, and pointed fellow collectors to them.
But I don't download or upload anything that I think is not authorized.

So, be careful about getting too outraged because somebody might be making
an unauthorized copy of your uploaded copy which might also be unauthorized.
You never owned the copyright in the first place.

Here are some links with more information about copyright:

http://www.whatiscopyright.org/

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

And, the ultimate authority:

http://www.copyright.gov/

Regards,

Phil Nelson



KU2S May 15th 05 06:06 AM

On Sat, 14 May 2005 16:45:14 -0400, Cmd Buzz Corey
wrote:

Chuck Harris wrote:


But legally most everything posted on BAMA *is* pirated material. As
far as I
know, only Agilent and Tektronix have given license for what BAMA is doing.


And BAMA isn't attempting to profit from any of it.

All these guys on ebay are doing is making BAMA's pirated material
available on
a different media.

-Chuck


On BAMA it is free to download, as opposed to ebay where the material is
up for sale. These scum are attempting to profit from the work of others
that is meant to be available for free.


Personally, if some dummy buys a "manual" from eBay instead of
downloading hit themselves from BAMA, they deserve exactly what they
get.

Raymond Sirois KU2S
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
607-733-5745
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6000

Albert & Btittany Spear May 15th 05 12:20 PM


Hate to be a wet blanket


Well you are


"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
...
Hate to be a wet blanket, but how do you know that half of the stuff on
BAMA is not pirated and should never have been posted there in the first
place?

Not all old schematics & manuals are in the public domain. For instance,
SAMS Technical Publishing, http://www.samswebsite.com/photofacts.html , is
still alive and well, and they have an understandable interest in keeping
people from distributing free, unauthorized copies of their Photofacts to
the world.

Just because you buy a copy of something, scan it, and upload to the
Internet, doesn't mean that it is "yours" to give away to the world.

If I scan the latest Tom Clancy novel and post his book on the Internet, I
am violating his copyright, pure and simple.

The only exceptions would be if :

[A] I have Tom Clancy's permission to distribute free copies of his latest
novel on the Internet,

or,

[b] I can prove in a court of law that Tom's copyright has expired or been
abandoned for some reason.

If I don't have [A] or [b] on my side, then Tom kicks my butt and closes
me down.

That said, I'm a supporter & lover of sites such as BAMA and
www.nostalgiaair.org , which supply valuable information to people around
the world. I have used these sites, and pointed fellow collectors to them.
But I don't download or upload anything that I think is not authorized.

So, be careful about getting too outraged because somebody might be making
an unauthorized copy of your uploaded copy which might also be
unauthorized. You never owned the copyright in the first place.

Here are some links with more information about copyright:

http://www.whatiscopyright.org/

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

And, the ultimate authority:

http://www.copyright.gov/

Regards,

Phil Nelson





Chuck Harris May 15th 05 01:21 PM

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote:



But legally most everything posted on BAMA *is* pirated material. As
far as I
know, only Agilent and Tektronix have given license for what BAMA is
doing.



And BAMA isn't attempting to profit from any of it.


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's
ok, right?



All these guys on ebay are doing is making BAMA's pirated material
available on
a different media.

-Chuck



On BAMA it is free to download, as opposed to ebay where the material is
up for sale. These scum are attempting to profit from the work of others
that is meant to be available for free.


That has nothing to do with anything. If the material is on BAMA without the
permission of the copyright owners, giving it away for free is still theft.

-Chuck

Cmd Buzz Corey May 15th 05 11:17 PM

Chuck Harris wrote:


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's
ok, right?


If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.

Chuck Harris May 16th 05 03:26 AM

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote:


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's
ok, right?



If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.


Apparently you have trouble telling the difference between a hypothetical
situation, and an offer to burglarize your house.

KU2S May 16th 05 05:53 AM

On Sun, 15 May 2005 22:26:55 -0400, Chuck Harris
wrote:

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote:


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's
ok, right?



If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.


Apparently you have trouble telling the difference between a hypothetical
situation, and an offer to burglarize your house.


.... Actually, my opinion is that the .357 Magnum is a much better
handgun for personal protection... The .44 does indeed make a bigger
hole and has more impact energy, but the .357 creates much less flash
and recoil, making it easier to bring the .357 on target for a second
shot, should it be needed.
Raymond Sirois KU2S
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
607-733-5745
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6000

Gregg May 16th 05 06:27 AM

Behold, KU2S scribed on tube chassis:

On Sun, 15 May 2005 22:26:55 -0400, Chuck Harris
wrote:

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote:


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's ok,
right?


If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.


Apparently you have trouble telling the difference between a
hypothetical situation, and an offer to burglarize your house.


... Actually, my opinion is that the .357 Magnum is a much better
handgun for personal protection... The .44 does indeed make a bigger
hole and has more impact energy, but the .357 creates much less flash
and recoil, making it easier to bring the .357 on target for a second
shot, should it be needed.


A .44 with that's been ported is MUCH more controllable ;-)

--
Gregg "t3h g33k"
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca
*Ratings are for transistors, tubes have guidelines*

Robert Bonomi May 16th 05 09:08 AM

In article ,
Phil Nelson wrote:
Hate to be a wet blanket, but how do you know that half of the stuff on BAMA
is not pirated and should never have been posted there in the first place?

Not all old schematics & manuals are in the public domain. For instance,
SAMS Technical Publishing, http://www.samswebsite.com/photofacts.html , is
still alive and well, and they have an understandable interest in keeping
people from distributing free, unauthorized copies of their Photofacts to
the world.

Just because you buy a copy of something, scan it, and upload to the
Internet, doesn't mean that it is "yours" to give away to the world.

If I scan the latest Tom Clancy novel and post his book on the Internet, I
am violating his copyright, pure and simple.

The only exceptions would be if :

[A] I have Tom Clancy's permission to distribute free copies of his latest
novel on the Internet,

or,

[b] I can prove in a court of law that Tom's copyright has expired or been
abandoned for some reason.


Not quite right. Unlike trademark, copyrights _cannot_ be 'abandoned'. A
copyright owner can have failed to go after any infringer for 50 years, and
then decides to go after _you_. "But everybody else is doing it, without
being sued" is NOT a defense.

In the U.S. (although _not_ in many other countries), it is possible for a
copyright holder to 'disclaim' their copyright rights, via an express statement
that they are placing the work "in the public domain". That disclaimer, once
made, cannot be withdrawn. Nor can the author prosecute for copyright
infringement any action that occurs after the disclaimer.


If I don't have [A] or [b] on my side, then Tom kicks my butt and closes me
down.


Almost correct. :) Qualify it with "if he so chooses", and it is exactly
correct. Given the probable dollar value losses due to the unauthorized
copying, "if he so chooses" is a VIRTUAL CERTAINTY. And I'm picking a nit
that "effectively" makes no difference. grin


I'll just add the following caveats:
1) "Anonymous" works -- with no author named, *are* protected by copyright.
2) An inability to identify the current holder of the copyright does *NOT*
mean that one is free to copy that material. To avoid potential problems
one _must_ have the permission of the copyright holder(s).
3) When a company goes "out of business", *somebody* gets ownership of
the property that that company owned. That which is not sold is
distributed among the remaining owners of the company. In the case
of a corporation, this is anyone who still held shares at the time of
the dissolution. This gets *real* messy for intellectual property,
see item 2 above.
4) to be 'safe', if you don't have copyright owner permission, you better
be able to *prove* that copyright has expired, or has been disclaimed.




kh May 16th 05 11:57 AM

On Sat, 14 May 2005 11:04:02 UTC, "No One You Know"
wrote:

One way to stop these thieves is to have the BAMA site print on every
page in bold letters "THIS MANUAL IS FROM THE BAMA MANUAL ARCHIVE" or
some other wording. This placed on the front cover and table of
contents might at least slow down the stupid thieves.

Any other legal ideas?


well, you have it backwards. Ignoring the issue of who owns the
copyright to manuals that are no longer available from the vendor
(sounds like they abandoned the copyright to me), the problem isn't
that some guy who is short on cash is downloading and selling copies
of the manuals, the problem is that no one has unloaded the entire
site to CD and isn't selling the "Hallicrafters 1959-1969", "The
Collins compendium" or "all tube SSB transmitters 1960 - 1979" or
whatever fills 500 meg of CD. Ten Bucks shipping included.

Some guy is selling Heathkit schematics on CD. I bought a disk and
the first week, needed a piece of info from it.

The first person who sells full 500 meg CDs at a low price puts
everyone else out of business AND solves the bandwidth problem on
BAMA.

I would pay 10 or so bucks for a FULL CD figuring that one manual on
it might be useful to me someday.

de ah6gi/4 Heathstuff (and some Collins 75S-1's, oh and an SX-100
too.


Chuck Harris May 16th 05 08:08 PM

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:

If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.




Apparently you have trouble telling the difference between a hypothetical
situation, and an offer to burglarize your house.



As long as you keep it hyothetical you are safe.


So, tell me, why do you feel so threatened that you need to announce
to the world (that is the audience here) that you are armed and looking
for a fight?

There was nothing in my post that could possibly make a literate person
believe I was planning to burglarize *your* home, and yet your first
instinct was to thump your chest and warn off all potential intruders.

The point being made, before you got scared, was that if you steal material,
it really makes no difference legally whether you give it away, or sell it.

This applies to copyright infringement, as well as to physical possessions.

-Chuck

Chuck Harris May 17th 05 05:20 AM

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote:


So, tell me, why do you feel so threatened that you need to announce
to the world (that is the audience here) that you are armed and looking
for a fight?

There was nothing in my post that could possibly make a literate person
believe I was planning to burglarize *your* home, and yet your first
instinct was to thump your chest and warn off all potential intruders.



Where did I say I was looking for a fight?


Right he


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's
ok, right?



If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.


You are challenging me to burglarize your house so you can try and
shoot me.

My hypothetical question, shown above was an attempt to help you to
understand that it doesn't matter whether or not a thief sells, or
gives away stolen property, a crime has still occurred.

.... and I don't feel threatened,
you come burglarizing my home and you are the one looking for a fight
and will certainly feel threathened. You are the one who brought it up,
not me.


I brought up the hypothetical question because you seemed to have missed
an important moral lesson in your upbringing. I hoped that a simple
example, that most anyone would understand, would help you to the see
the parallel between giving away stolen property, and selling stolen
property (hint, the word stolen says it all).

It would appear that there were a few more lessons missed.

Good luck with your life,

-Chuck

KU2S May 17th 05 05:44 AM

On Sun, 15 May 2005 22:27:19 -0700, Gregg wrote:

Behold, KU2S scribed on tube chassis:

On Sun, 15 May 2005 22:26:55 -0400, Chuck Harris
wrote:

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote:


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's ok,
right?


If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.

Apparently you have trouble telling the difference between a
hypothetical situation, and an offer to burglarize your house.


... Actually, my opinion is that the .357 Magnum is a much better
handgun for personal protection... The .44 does indeed make a bigger
hole and has more impact energy, but the .357 creates much less flash
and recoil, making it easier to bring the .357 on target for a second
shot, should it be needed.


A .44 with that's been ported is MUCH more controllable ;-)


No arguments there!


Raymond Sirois KU2S
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
607-733-5745
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6000

[email protected] May 17th 05 08:31 AM

On Mon, 16 May 2005 08:08:26 -0000,
(Robert Bonomi) wrote:

In article ,
Phil Nelson wrote:
Hate to be a wet blanket, but how do you know that half of the stuff on BAMA
is not pirated and should never have been posted there in the first place?

Not all old schematics & manuals are in the public domain. For instance,
SAMS Technical Publishing,
http://www.samswebsite.com/photofacts.html , is
still alive and well, and they have an understandable interest in keeping
people from distributing free, unauthorized copies of their Photofacts to
the world.

Just because you buy a copy of something, scan it, and upload to the
Internet, doesn't mean that it is "yours" to give away to the world.

If I scan the latest Tom Clancy novel and post his book on the Internet, I
am violating his copyright, pure and simple.

The only exceptions would be if :

[A] I have Tom Clancy's permission to distribute free copies of his latest
novel on the Internet,

or,

[b] I can prove in a court of law that Tom's copyright has expired or been
abandoned for some reason.


Not quite right. Unlike trademark, copyrights _cannot_ be 'abandoned'. A
copyright owner can have failed to go after any infringer for 50 years, and
then decides to go after _you_. "But everybody else is doing it, without
being sued" is NOT a defense.

In the U.S. (although _not_ in many other countries), it is possible for a
copyright holder to 'disclaim' their copyright rights, via an express statement
that they are placing the work "in the public domain". That disclaimer, once
made, cannot be withdrawn. Nor can the author prosecute for copyright
infringement any action that occurs after the disclaimer.


If I don't have [A] or [b] on my side, then Tom kicks my butt and closes me
down.


Almost correct. :) Qualify it with "if he so chooses", and it is exactly
correct. Given the probable dollar value losses due to the unauthorized
copying, "if he so chooses" is a VIRTUAL CERTAINTY. And I'm picking a nit
that "effectively" makes no difference. grin


I'll just add the following caveats:
1) "Anonymous" works -- with no author named, *are* protected by copyright.
2) An inability to identify the current holder of the copyright does *NOT*
mean that one is free to copy that material. To avoid potential problems
one _must_ have the permission of the copyright holder(s).
3) When a company goes "out of business", *somebody* gets ownership of
the property that that company owned. That which is not sold is
distributed among the remaining owners of the company. In the case
of a corporation, this is anyone who still held shares at the time of
the dissolution. This gets *real* messy for intellectual property,
see item 2 above.
4) to be 'safe', if you don't have copyright owner permission, you better
be able to *prove* that copyright has expired, or has been disclaimed.



Yep -- it's an interesting problem. I recently read an article
about all the good computer code buried, and no longer available, from
outfits like Lernout and Hauspie, which produced the best available
voice recognition products. When the outfit went under, someone
acquired the rights to all that code. Apparently they didn't know the
actual value of it, so they chose not to let anyone have it for fear
of being undercompensated for it.

Robert Hawk May 17th 05 02:01 PM

If you want to throw the bullsh*t and call it a hypothetical Situation, Then
Hypotheticaly when you trespass onto his properity and into his domicile
He will "fear for his life" and blow your f*cking head off.

Hypothetically speaking that would be my approach to this issue..
As soon as I "fear for my life", in my own home or on my properity
as a result of your illegal entry, I WILL use Lethal Force to defend myself.

Just my opinion.

Bob

"Cmd Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
Chuck Harris wrote:


So, tell me, why do you feel so threatened that you need to announce
to the world (that is the audience here) that you are armed and looking
for a fight?


You read it your way I will read it my way..in My opinion,
this is you..... Massachusetts, home of, anti gun, kennedy, faggot,
democrat, bleeding heart Liberals..


There was nothing in my post that could possibly make a literate person
believe I was planning to burglarize *your* home, and yet your first
instinct was to thump your chest and warn off all potential intruders.


Where did I say I was looking for a fight? and I don't feel threatened,
you come burglarizing my home and you are the one looking for a fight
and will certainly feel threathened. You are the one who brought it up,
not me.


Just My Opinion. G

Bob



Cmd Buzz Corey May 17th 05 03:45 PM

Chuck Harris wrote:
Robert Hawk wrote:

If you want to throw the bullsh*t and call it a hypothetical
Situation, Then
Hypotheticaly when you trespass onto his properity and into his domicile
He will "fear for his life" and blow your f*cking head off.

Hypothetically speaking that would be my approach to this issue..
As soon as I "fear for my life", in my own home or on my properity
as a result of your illegal entry, I WILL use Lethal Force to defend
myself.



As will I.
...

So, tell me, why do you feel so threatened that you need to announce
to the world (that is the audience here) that you are armed and looking
for a fight?




You read it your way I will read it my way..in My opinion,
this is you..... Massachusetts, home of, anti gun, kennedy, faggot,
democrat, bleeding heart Liberals..



Hmmm? Let's see, I have only been in Massachusetts twice. I am an NRA
life member. I think Teddy Kennedy is a murderer. I am a hetrosexual,
a Republican, and a conservative. You missed on all counts... So much for
your ability to devine.

This was a discussion about BAMA, ebay and manuals.


And then you brought up the subject of burglarizing someones home. Quite
a bit different than downloading some manuals that are even questionable
as to who may or may not have copyrights.

Cmd Buzz Corey May 17th 05 03:49 PM

Chuck Harris wrote:
Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:

Chuck Harris wrote:



Right he


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's
ok, right?


If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.

You are challenging me to burglarize your house so you can try and
shoot me.




Get a life chuckie, I in no way was 'challenging' you to burglarize my
home, you are the one that first mentioned burglarizing. I simply said
if you do, then be prepared to face the consenquences.



No, you said if I think I can get past your 44 magnum, go ahead.

That is a challenge.


Only if *you* make it a challenge. I just stated what would happen if
you were to actually carry out your hypothetical question.


My hypothetical question, shown above was an attempt to help you to
understand that it doesn't matter whether or not a thief sells, or
gives away stolen property, a crime has still occurred.




And as I said, as long as it remains hypothetical, then you have
nothing to worry about.



I never worry about people who tell me what violent things they are going
to do to me.


As long as you don't do something to warrent those violent things, then
you have nothing to worry about.

That is usually just bravado from cowards spouting off.

Anyone who should attempt to break into my home and I am there, will
find out for sure. That isn't hypothetical, that is a fact.

Chuck Harris May 17th 05 04:38 PM

Robert Hawk wrote:
If you want to throw the bullsh*t and call it a hypothetical Situation, Then
Hypotheticaly when you trespass onto his properity and into his domicile
He will "fear for his life" and blow your f*cking head off.

Hypothetically speaking that would be my approach to this issue..
As soon as I "fear for my life", in my own home or on my properity
as a result of your illegal entry, I WILL use Lethal Force to defend myself.


As will I.
....

So, tell me, why do you feel so threatened that you need to announce
to the world (that is the audience here) that you are armed and looking
for a fight?



You read it your way I will read it my way..in My opinion,
this is you..... Massachusetts, home of, anti gun, kennedy, faggot,
democrat, bleeding heart Liberals..


Hmmm? Let's see, I have only been in Massachusetts twice. I am an NRA
life member. I think Teddy Kennedy is a murderer. I am a hetrosexual,
a Republican, and a conservative. You missed on all counts... So much for
your ability to devine.

This was a discussion about BAMA, ebay and manuals. For some reason, you
guys want it to be about posturing and not so veiled threats. I hope you are
more calm in real life.

Y'all carry on.

-Chuck

Chuck Harris May 17th 05 04:54 PM

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote:


Right he


If I go into your house and steal all of your belongings, and then
give them to Goodwill, out of the goodness of my heart, then it's
ok, right?


If you think you can get past the .44 magnum, go ahead.


You are challenging me to burglarize your house so you can try and
shoot me.



Get a life chuckie, I in no way was 'challenging' you to burglarize my
home, you are the one that first mentioned burglarizing. I simply said
if you do, then be prepared to face the consenquences.


No, you said if I think I can get past your 44 magnum, go ahead.

That is a challenge.


My hypothetical question, shown above was an attempt to help you to
understand that it doesn't matter whether or not a thief sells, or
gives away stolen property, a crime has still occurred.



And as I said, as long as it remains hypothetical, then you have nothing
to worry about.


I never worry about people who tell me what violent things they are going
to do to me. That is usually just bravado from cowards spouting off. The
ones I worry about more are those that plot in silence.

-Chuck

-exray- May 17th 05 08:05 PM

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:

Chuck Harris wrote:

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:

Chuck Harris wrote:





Anyone who should attempt to break into my home and I am there, will
find out for sure. That isn't hypothetical, that is a fact.


Take it to private e-mail, gunslingers. This has gotten tiresome for
the rest of us.

-Bill.


Chuck Harris May 17th 05 08:51 PM

-exray- wrote:
Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:

Chuck Harris wrote:

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:

Chuck Harris wrote:





Anyone who should attempt to break into my home and I am there, will
find out for sure. That isn't hypothetical, that is a fact.



Take it to private e-mail, gunslingers. This has gotten tiresome for
the rest of us.


You speak for the entire group? Wow! That must cause you a lot of stress!

Ain't no gunslingers here sheriff. Just a couple of wannabes, and my sorry
self.

-Chuck

;-p May 18th 05 12:49 AM


Robert Hawk wrote:
If you want to throw the bullsh*t and call it a hypothetical

Situation, Then
Hypotheticaly when you trespass onto his properity and into his

domicile
He will "fear for his life" and blow your f*cking head off.

Hypothetically speaking that would be my approach to this issue..
As soon as I "fear for my life", in my own home or on my properity
as a result of your illegal entry, I WILL use Lethal Force to defend

myself.

Just my opinion.

Bob

"Cmd Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
Chuck Harris wrote:


So, tell me, why do you feel so threatened that you need to

announce
to the world (that is the audience here) that you are armed and

looking
for a fight?


You read it your way I will read it my way..in My opinion,
this is you..... Massachusetts, home of, anti gun, kennedy, faggot,
democrat, bleeding heart Liberals..


There was nothing in my post that could possibly make a literate

person
believe I was planning to burglarize *your* home, and yet your

first
instinct was to thump your chest and warn off all potential

intruders.

Where did I say I was looking for a fight? and I don't feel

threatened,
you come burglarizing my home and you are the one looking for a

fight
and will certainly feel threathened. You are the one who brought it

up,
not me.


Just My Opinion. G

Bob


So people that steal manuals should be shot? And what does Mr. Kennedy,
faggots, or liberals have to do with it. Defending your property or
life is one thing but idle threats of violence really are uncalled for.

I'll bet I can still pee higher up the wall than you ;-p


[email protected] May 20th 05 08:04 PM

On 17 May 2005 16:49:03 -0700, ";-p"
wrote:

I'll bet I can still pee higher up the wall than you ;-p


From a bathroom wall many years ago:

Anyone can pee on the floor; be a hero -- crap on the ceiling.


Duby Todd May 21st 05 04:33 AM

Hey, this is more fun than a hockey game! Somebody else want to throw their
weight around?

Dube K4DWW


";-p" wrote in message
oups.com...

Robert Hawk wrote:
If you want to throw the bullsh*t and call it a hypothetical

Situation, Then
Hypotheticaly when you trespass onto his properity and into his

domicile
He will "fear for his life" and blow your f*cking head off.

Hypothetically speaking that would be my approach to this issue..
As soon as I "fear for my life", in my own home or on my properity
as a result of your illegal entry, I WILL use Lethal Force to defend

myself.

Just my opinion.

Bob

"Cmd Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
Chuck Harris wrote:


So, tell me, why do you feel so threatened that you need to

announce
to the world (that is the audience here) that you are armed and

looking
for a fight?


You read it your way I will read it my way..in My opinion,
this is you..... Massachusetts, home of, anti gun, kennedy, faggot,
democrat, bleeding heart Liberals..


There was nothing in my post that could possibly make a literate

person
believe I was planning to burglarize *your* home, and yet your

first
instinct was to thump your chest and warn off all potential

intruders.

Where did I say I was looking for a fight? and I don't feel

threatened,
you come burglarizing my home and you are the one looking for a

fight
and will certainly feel threathened. You are the one who brought it

up,
not me.


Just My Opinion. G

Bob


So people that steal manuals should be shot? And what does Mr. Kennedy,
faggots, or liberals have to do with it. Defending your property or
life is one thing but idle threats of violence really are uncalled for.

I'll bet I can still pee higher up the wall than you ;-p




;-p May 24th 05 01:44 AM


Duby Todd wrote:
Hey, this is more fun than a hockey game! Somebody else want to

throw their
weight around?

Dube K4DWW


So people that steal manuals should be shot? And what does Mr.

Kennedy,
faggots, or liberals have to do with it. Defending your property or
life is one thing but idle threats of violence really are uncalled

for.

I'll bet I can still pee higher up the wall than you ;-p


Aw heck, I was just kidding around. At my age I'm just lucky I can
still pee!



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