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Question about Service Manual Copyrights

br4av01
 

A simple question to anyone who may know: what are the legalities of copying HP service manuals? Some of them seem to be in the public domain, since they are offered on the HP information web site. But some of these electronic manuals are very low resolution, and practically unusable for repair purposes. Did each piece of test gear come with a service manual or did they have to be purchased separately? Just curious, since the market for used service manuals commands a premium for the printed materials.

Thanks,
br4
Artekmedia
 

Agilent controls all copying and distribution of their manuals. They
will license you if you contact them through the proper channels with
certain stipulations as to what you can and can not distribute copies
of. Just because they offer it for free download on their web site does
NOT mean it is in the public domain. Free sites like KO4BB.com and BAMA
have letters of agreement from Agilent to distribute copies of free
Agilent manuals. Agilent only allows non Agilent sources (such as
ourselves...Artekmedia) to distribute PDF manuals for products that are
officially no longer supported. They had a huge crackdown in about 1995
and have sporadically taken a few "unauthorized" sources to task since then

Cheers
Dave
President
Artekmedia

On 8/29/2011 11:54 AM, br4av01 wrote:

A simple question to anyone who may know: what are the legalities of
copying HP service manuals? Some of them seem to be in the public
domain, since they are offered on the HP information web site. But
some of these electronic manuals are very low resolution, and
practically unusable for repair purposes. Did each piece of test gear
come with a service manual or did they have to be purchased
separately? Just curious, since the market for used service manuals
commands a premium for the printed materials.

Thanks,
br4

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Dave& Lynn Henderson
Manuals@...
www.Artekmedia.com
PO Box 175
Welch,MN 55089
Steve Vineyard
 

Most units did not come with complete service manuals. They had to be purchased separately. I believe HP has made all their old manuals public domain. Actually I believe they have been requesting any old manuals be uploaded to their site as a service to the users of the older equipment. That is why some are not of good quality. Some are even military versions of the manuals.

Artek Media has some of the best copies available. Most if not all of what he has he copied himself to a higher standard than most of the rest of us can. He charges a very modest amount for his time. I am only a satisfied customer. No connection to his operation. He is also a member of this group and may chime in with more exact information on what you asked. The link to his site is below:



Steve, KJ5RV



br4av01 wrote:


A simple question to anyone who may know: what are the legalities of copying HP service manuals? Some of them seem to be in the public domain, since they are offered on the HP information web site. But some of these electronic manuals are very low resolution, and practically unusable for repair purposes. Did each piece of test gear come with a service manual or did they have to be purchased separately? Just curious, since the market for used service manuals commands a premium for the printed materials.

Thanks,
br4

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