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Nick

There is no such thing as a book that can't be shared with others...or quoted out of, but copying the book thats another story thus where the copywriting laws apply...

I suspect one reason Two Cylinder quit publishing the volumes was the likelyhood that in the long run the revenue captured by selling the research for an individual tractor was greater than that received from selling the volumes. The nature of the information in the Registers is pretty specialized, and most owners likely own only a few tractors in each volume. So the tendency was for a club to purchase a volume for use by the members, or collectors asked around and found out who own them. As I understand it, the Registers are sold out and no longer available.

I believe it is fine to share any published information as long as credit is given to the author. An example is J.R. Hobbs nice series of books on the various Deere tractors - these are also copyrighted to prevent reproduction, and the information contained in them is free to share when answering questions on this board.

My two cents.

Kurt

• more copyrighted stuff

• proof you do it to

I agree that there is nothing illegal about quoting information from a reference book, or any book for that matter. Copyright law includes provisions for fair use, which this certainly would be. Furthermore, copyright law protects the particular expression of an idea or information, not the information itself. So reading the information in the production register, and relaying the information in your own words is a new expression and is not covered by the original copyright.

If this was not the case, all research and creative work would grind to a halt. So if it was me I would feel very comfortable relaying the facts from the production register. Just use your own words, and attribute the source.

Kurt (I am not an expert in this, but I am interested in copyright matters)

(I even used the correct case ;>) )

Sincerely,

Doug