[Amps] Heath copyright

[Glen Zook]

Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on which side of the copyright issue one stands, copyright law is an international agreement which is "tweaked" by the various individual countries.  Making exceptions in one area can easily "cross over" into other areas which would cause additional problems.

Since the "Berne Convention" is the basis for all copyrights then one would have to approach the international delegates during the next revision of copyright law to make changes regarding things like equipment manuals and so forth.  You can find information about the Berne Convention at the following URLs:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works

Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com


--- On Thu, 5/20/10, Saandy Eban <alexeban at gmail.com> wrote:

I don't think it's envy. if a manufacturer puts on the market- especially a consumer product the relevant documentation should be made available to the owners: Panasonic, Canon and others make theirs available free on the 'net! after all, it seems to me nobody is really going to try and duplicate Heath equipment for sale! Why should I pay again for the manual of my SB104?