It looks like Heathkit manuals are no longer available for download on BAMA or any other sites. Copyright issues.

[John Dilks K2TQN]

At 09:33 PM 12/13/2008, you wrote:
>You mean stealing them, or taking someone elses property for free? 
>BAMA did NOT have the rights to distribute what they did. He BOUGHT 
>THE RIGHTS TO THOSE MANUALS, not you, and not BAMA.

John, I know you mean well but - What he bought was not a good 
copyright.  Heath gave up those rights to the copyrights over the 
years by not "vigorously" defending them and by allowing the free 
copying of them.  They did nothing.

Evidently he bought some papers and file cabinets.  If the owners who 
sold them represented them as copyrighted material, then they were 
misrepresenting the item.  The buyer should get a good attorney and 
get his money back.

What he is allowed to do is to copy the prints and manuals he bought 
and sell them if he wants to.  He is not allowed to claim copyright 
to prevent others from doing the same.

Because of Heath's allowing the free copying of their material, BAMA 
and all of us did have the right to copy them and do with them what we did.

John Dilks
This is my opinion, I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice.

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