Fw: Heathkit manuals

[Randy Kaeding]

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> From: Randy Kaeding <randyk at parrett.net>
> To: heath at listserve.tempe.gov
> Subject: Heathkit manuals
> Date: Sunday, May 03, 1998 9:20 PM
>
> To all heath list participants:
>
> Heathkit manuals are copyrighted!
>
> There are three parts to the copyright laws. The first concerns
> publications written by a single author whose name is known. The second
> concerns publications that were written by more than one person whose
names
> are known. And the third concerns publications that were written by more
> than one person whose names are not readily available.
>
> Heathkit publications fall under this third category, which is what I
will
> explain. The term of copyright depends upon whether the particular
document
> was copyrighted before or after December 31, 1977. Any publications
> copyrighted after December 31, 1977 are good for 75 years. No paperwork
is
> required for the copyright to be in effect.
>
> Documents in the third category copyrighted before December 31, 1977 are
> good for 28 years, renewable. If the original copyright expired after
> December 31, 1977, it could be renewed for 47 years (for a total of 75
> years).
>
> Any document in the third category whose copyright expired before
December
> 31, 1977 could be renewed for a second 28 years, etc.
>
> What this means concening Heathkit publications is:
>
> 1.  Any publication copyrighted after December 31, 1977 is in effect for
75
> years.
>
> 2.  Any publication that was copyrighted after 1969 is still under its
> original copyright protection period. Heathkit receives a list of
> publications whose copyrights are about to expire from their attorney on
a
> regular basis.
>
> 3.  Any publication that was copyrighted prior to 1970 may or may not
still
> be valid, depending upon whether it was renewed.
>
> What all this means is don't copy Heathkti manuals unless you know for a
> fact that its copyright is no longer valid.
>
> If you think any of the above is incorrect, you are wrong! If anyone
tells
> you any of the above is incorrect, they are wrong!
>
> Randy, K8TMK
> "One of the Hams at Heathkit"
>
>

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