Can anyone tell me who purcahsed the copyrights to the heathkit gear?
Thanks
73,
Jack

"Jump'n Jack Flash" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me who purcahsed the copyrights to the heathkit gear?
Thanks
73,
Jack

Don Peterson at http://www.d8apro.com/ copyrights for most of the
manuals (some is public domain, but no one knows for sure what is...)
Also has pallets of NOS parts that is being sorted through for the
webpage.

Pete

Tio Pedro wrote:
"Jump'n Jack Flash" wrote in message
net...
Can anyone tell me who purchased the copyrights to the heathkit gear?
Thanks
73,
Jack

Don Peterson at http://www.d8apro.com/ copyrights for most of the
manuals (some is public domain, but no one knows for sure what is...)
Also has pallets of NOS parts that is being sorted through for the
webpage.

Pete



ALL the manuals have been in the public domain for at least 20 years and
freely available. How can someone buy copyright on something that is
public domain? Have you seen the prices he is charging?

Steve H

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Tio Pedro wrote:
"Jump'n Jack Flash" wrote in message
net...
Can anyone tell me who purchased the copyrights to the heathkit gear?
Thanks
73,
Jack

Don Peterson at http://www.d8apro.com/ copyrights for most of the
manuals (some is public domain, but no one knows for sure what is...)
Also has pallets of NOS parts that is being sorted through for the
webpage.

Pete

ALL the manuals have been in the public domain for at least 20 years and
freely available. How can someone buy copyright on something that is
public domain? Have you seen the prices he is charging?

Steve H

Well, we'd have to know if the manuals were ever copyrighted to
begin with, and if the ones prior to 1962 were renewed.
Proving otherwise would cost a bit, unfortunately.
His prices were lower that most of the other manual dealers.

Not that I like the whole deal myself..

Pete

Stev eH wrote:
ALL the manuals have been in the public domain for at least 20 years and
freely available. How can someone buy copyright on something that is
public domain? Have you seen the prices he is charging?

Exactly where do you get that from? The manuals are still in copyright
and due to the efforts of the Disney Corporation, probably will be for
another 100 years.

The former owner of the copyrights did not stop people from selling photocopies,
or distributing images but that does not affect copyrights. In fact, if the
owner was not aware of the infringment, they can still sue.

All it means is that the new owner can not prosecute people who HAD
permission in the past.

By US law, if they did not have written permission, they can be prosecuted
or sued for copyright infringment. Since the new owner obviously was never
informed of prior infringment, he has four years to sue.

Check with a lawyer how specializes in copyright infringment cases, I
am not a lawyer of any kind.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM

On Dec 28, 6:53*pm, "Jump'n Jack Flash" wrote:
Can anyone tell me who purcahsed the copyrights to the heathkit gear?
Thanks
73,
Jack

I did a google on Copyright laws and I understand that copy righted
manuals are protected for the LIFE of the owner plus 75 years..If
Heath decides to sell or sign these rights away ,then Legally we don`t
have much to stand on..In other words, Thanks for all the
"freevies",of the past...now we will have to pay OR bootleg...Wonder
which way it will go??? Harold W4PQW

wrote:

I did a google on Copyright laws and I understand that copy righted
manuals are protected for the LIFE of the owner plus 75 years..

This is true in the UK, not in the US.
--scott

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Scott Dorsey wrote:
wrote:

I did a google on Copyright laws and I understand that copy righted
manuals are protected for the LIFE of the owner plus 75 years..

In the US, it's around 100 years, going back retroactively to anything
that was still under copyright. I think the start date had to do with the
first full length Disney film.

Geoff.


--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM

"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
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Scott Dorsey wrote:
wrote:

I did a google on Copyright laws and I understand that copy righted
manuals are protected for the LIFE of the owner plus 75 years..


I believe for pre 1962 the copyrights had to have been renewed.
All of this was hashed over on the Heathkit Yahoo! users group
for those who want to peruse the subject. The new owner
admitted a few of the manuals weren't copyrighted (AT-1, etc.)
but no definitive list was given. FWIW.

Pete

Scott Dorsey wrote:
wrote:
I did a google on Copyright laws and I understand that copy righted
manuals are protected for the LIFE of the owner plus 75 years..

This is true in the UK, not in the US.
--scott


With the global nature of the Internet sooner or later they will all
appear on a server located somewhere outside USA rule.....

Steve H