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Old 11th Oct 2018, 2:40 pm   #23
crackle
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Default Re: Unfair use of service manuals

I agree with Richard.
But I did not intend this discussion to concentrate on copyright, nor the rights and wrongs of selling ones own hard work (which is a very legitimate thing to do and is a service to the community)

My intention was to bring to your attention and invite discussion on the moral aspects of taking someone's else's hard work, provided to the community for free, and selling it for profit to line ones own pocket.
The site in question has I believe removed the service manuals complained about.

I have also noticed a Dutch vintage radio site, nvhr.nl, redistributing schematics after removing the existing watermarks and adding their own identification stamp, making it appear that they did the work of producing the schematic. But at least the Dutch site was not charging for the schematics.

Mike

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