Re: O/T- Copyright Laws

Posted by captaink on November 18, 2004 at 19:33:28 from (64.33.250.37):

In Reply to: O/T- Copyright Laws posted by Ron in Nebr on November 18, 2004 at 17:10:11:

To address the question “If this is in violation of some law, how is me making copies of my manuals and offering them for sale any different than selling the manual itself?” there is a very big difference at least as far as the law is concerned.

The copyright law is actually intended to prevent what you are talking about, taking another person’s work, making a copy and selling it for profit and still have the original. The difference is that if you make a copy and sell it, you have both the profit and the original for your own use. If you make a copy and sell the original, you are still in violation of the law because again you have the profit and have a copy for your own use. If you sell the original without making a copy you are legal because you have the profit from selling the manual, but you no longer are able to benefit from it’s information.

Basically copyrights are to prevent more than one person from using the material in two different physical locations at the same instant. To confuse matter more, I have heard that you are entitled to make an archival copy for you own personal use, but can not use multiple copies at the same time. For example, if you are working in the shop and don’t want to get the original shop manual greasy, you can make a copy to use in the shop as long as you destroy it when you are done. Again I have heard this is legal, but I wouldn’t want to stake my life on it. Best idea is to not do what you are thinking about unless you get sound legal council first.

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