[Heath] Heathkit Closing Shop Again

[Mark Garlanger]

Heath did not sell the copyrights to the other company. I contacted Heath
inquiring about the old 8-bit computer documentation. Lori Marciniak, the
CEO, in Aug. 2011 replied:

"We retain the copyright to all Heath/Heathkit product material."

This is also stated on the wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathkit

Also, even though bankruptcy, doesn't release the manuals into the public
domain, unless someone buys up the rights. there is no one with legal
standing to sue the website hosting the manuals. At least that is how I
think it works, but IANAL.
Their computer related manuals are in an even grayer legal area. The
computer business was split from the educational division and sold to
Packard Bell. Depending on how the legal contracts were written up, the
rights to the computer manuals could have easily been transferred to
Packard Bell.

Mark

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Not at all!  The manual copyrights were sold to a 3rd party who has no
> connections at all with the company.  Since the copyrights were
> transferred, the company has no control on them in any fashion.  It doesn't
> matter if Heathkit is still in business or not.  Also, even if Heathkit
> still owned the copyrights, going out of business definitely does not
> release them into public domain.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website: http://k9sth.com
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com>
> *To:* heath at puck.nether.net
> *Sent:* Friday, May 11, 2012 8:33 AM
> *Subject:* [Heath] Heathkit Closing Shop Again
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/heathkit-educational-systems-closes-up-shop
>
> Does this mean the manuals will once again be available on-line?
>
>
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