[Amps] Heath copyright

[Roger]

On 5/19/2010 4:08 PM, john.brewer at us.schneider-electric.com wrote:
> If there is a bogeyman in this discussion (and I'm not sure there is) ,   direct such bogeyman
> anger to Heathkit not the current owner.  I saw the auction where Heath sold this stuff,  and
> they marketed their manuals as product with republication rights.  In our idyllic world where
> we all give away the fruits of our labor, it was Heaths ball to give away...and they didn't .
> They auctioned their manuals with  the explicit statement of  owning republication rights.
>    
Which they can do.  Heirs may not leave/will the rights to some one else.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> We armchair lawyers can debate the validity of that claim, but until someone ponies up the
> bucks to hire attorneys, it's all just hot air.
>
> John  K5MO
>
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