Em 08/01/2025 14:07, Radu Bogdan Dicher via groups.io escreveu:
That's right, and it's hard to not make the case that the use of the name
is at least a bit iffy, because of that. It's entirely possible the place
does a lot of repairs where they needed Artek SMs and now they have them,
and they're no longer needed. Not sure how to think through ownership of,
essentially, software, but I guess selling those CDs is within their rights
as they bought them. Or maybe not quite? Not a specialist, so all this is
shooting from the hip, and not meant to be disrespectful in any way.
But no question they are legit Artek CDs, of which I have several.
Well, I do a lot of scanning myself () and I may add my 2 cents:
Firstly, there is no ownership in scanning. The manuals are sole property of their owners/creators and what we do is gray area. I do that for preservation, I want to have rare manuals avaiable so they are preserved and not lost forever. Also rare books and other documents. But most of the material is copyrighted and Artek or me or whoever scans it isn't the owner of the material, nor has the RIGHTS (mark this word) to sell it.
BUT and this is a big BUT, we who scan and preserve materials, use not to sell others' work. Dave had a legitimate "function" - He scanned good quality manuals and you paid for his service of having it scanned. But it gives him no "rights" nor anyone else.
As a preserver myself, I prefer to do that for free. All my manuals are free and no one is alowed to ask anything for them, nor put its mark, stamp or web site address on it. But to each, its own.
Bottom line: Don't buy schematic CDs. They are all on the web. And if they aren't, put them on. If you are going to pay for it, donate for people who scans for free, or buy from Artek and other sellers who DO LEGIT SCAN WORK instead of leechers who get others' work and just sell it.
73 de PU2SEX Alexandre
Alexandre Souza