Heathkit manuals... Copyright issues.

[LM Picard]

The legal principle you are referring to is called "estoppel by laches."

-Not a lawyer either.

John Dilks K2TQN wrote:
> At 11:03 AM 12/13/2008, you wrote:
>> I would imagine that by now, all of the Heathkit schematics and 
>> manuals are in possession of hams all over the
>> world,
>
> Hi Gang,
>
> This reminds me of a story told to my by my attorney about this 
> subject.  Once you give it away it and/or don't enforce the copyright 
> (or trademark), it becomes public property.  Claiming copyright again 
> afterwards is very difficult to enforce.    These documents have been 
> available from multiple sources for many years.  After this many 
> years, I believe they are in the public domain.
>
> 73, John Dilks
> I'm not a lawyer
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