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I came across an ebay store named "Artek Manuals Distro", selling Artek CDs and test equipment. Located in McKinney, Texas. Weren't they based in Florida before?
Is that a copycat or a legitimate Artek store? And if the former, do they have a license to Artek's name and scans?
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ArTek manuals (artekmanuals.com) is located in Florida. Artek Distro appears to be a completely different vendor and an ebay seller which sells lots of random electronic equipment. I personally would continue to buy manuals from artekmanuals.com, mostly because I personally knew Dave Henderson, value the quality of and respected his work and honor his legacy. DaveD KC0WJN On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 15:16 Nick via groups.io <tekscopes= rambler.ru@groups.io> wrote: I came across an ebay store named "Artek Manuals Distro", selling Artek
CDs and test equipment. Located in McKinney, Texas. Weren't they based in
Florida before?
Is that a copycat or a legitimate Artek store? And if the former, do they
have a license to Artek's name and scans?
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I suspect the "distro" is legit, is run by a list member, and they'll chime in shortly to explain. But I don't know these as facts, so I'll hold my tongue so as not to muddy the waters. Dave Casey On Tue, Jan 7, 2025, 1:10 PM Dave Daniel via groups.io <kc0wjn= gmail.com@groups.io> wrote: ArTek manuals (artekmanuals.com) is located in Florida. Artek Distro
appears to be a completely different vendor and an ebay seller which sells
lots of random electronic equipment. I personally would continue to buy
manuals from artekmanuals.com, mostly because I personally knew Dave
Henderson, value the quality of and respected his work and honor his
legacy.
DaveD
KC0WJN
On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 15:16 Nick via groups.io <tekscopes=
rambler.ru@groups.io> wrote:
I came across an ebay store named "Artek Manuals Distro", selling Artek
CDs and test equipment. Located in McKinney, Texas. Weren't they based in
Florida before?
Is that a copycat or a legitimate Artek store? And if the former, do they
have a license to Artek's name and scans?
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I would be interested to know the story behind Artek Distro; I also believe that it is a legitimate company; I do NOT know if it is related to ArTek media. ISTR ArTek media was located in Texas before being moved to Florida; maybe it moved back to Texas? I dunno. DaveD KC0WJN On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 19:35 Dave Casey via groups.io <polara413= gmail.com@groups.io> wrote: I suspect the "distro" is legit, is run by a list member, and they'll chime
in shortly to explain. But I don't know these as facts, so I'll hold my
tongue so as not to muddy the waters.
Dave Casey
On Tue, Jan 7, 2025, 1:10 PM Dave Daniel via groups.io <kc0wjn=
gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
ArTek manuals (artekmanuals.com) is located in Florida. Artek Distro
appears to be a completely different vendor and an ebay seller which sells
lots of random electronic equipment. I personally would continue to buy
manuals from artekmanuals.com, mostly because I personally knew Dave
Henderson, value the quality of and respected his work and honor his
legacy.
DaveD
KC0WJN
On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 15:16 Nick via groups.io <tekscopes=
rambler.ru@groups.io> wrote:
I came across an ebay store named "Artek Manuals Distro", selling Artek
CDs and test equipment. Located in McKinney, Texas. Weren't they based in
Florida before?
Is that a copycat or a legitimate Artek store? And if the former, do
they
have a license to Artek's name and scans?
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On 1/7/25 20:42, Dave Daniel via groups.io wrote: ISTR ArTek media was located in Texas Minnesota..
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Oh. Yes, right. Faulty memory. DaveD KC0WJN On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 23:34 John Griessen via groups.io <john= cibolo.com@groups.io> wrote: On 1/7/25 20:42, Dave Daniel via groups.io wrote:
ISTR ArTek media was located in Texas Minnesota..
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A Google search for "Artek" yields 335,000 results. Therefore, it's not unusual that others use the word. One hit was a foundation formed in the 1930's. As always, it's prudent to be careful about any entity that you do business with via the internet.
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On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 10:42?PM Dave Daniel via groups.io <kc0wjn= gmail.com@groups.io> wrote: I do NOT know if it is related to ArTek media.
I think the question probably came up because the Artek Manuals Distro store lists a whole lot of CDs labeled ArtekMedia ( ).
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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. Radu. On Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 8:52 AM Sigur?ur ?sgeirsson via groups.io <siggi= sort.is@groups.io> wrote: On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 10:42?PM Dave Daniel via groups.io <kc0wjn=
gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
I do NOT know if it is related to ArTek media.
I think the question probably came up because the Artek Manuals Distro
store lists a whole lot of CDs labeled ArtekMedia (
).
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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
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All,
I am the licensed reseller / distributor for Artek Manuals on eBay as "Artek Manual Distro" through an agreement with the owner / operator of Artek Manuals. "Distro", short for distributor.
Their website continues as before Dave's passing. eBay, for some unexplained reason, delisted the Artek eBay listings. I have been reposting selected items. The agreement includes compensation back to Artek Manuals. So all is on the up-and-up.
I appreciate the concern of the group and will let Linda know. Dave put in an exceptional level of effort to provide high quality scans, especially HP/Agilent with permission from Agilent. His passing was quite unexpected and a sad loss.
regards, Ron
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Ron,
Thank you for posting, and for your willingness to help to carry on Dave's legacy through this assistance to Linda. The value of Dave's dedication to those of us who need these manuals is unsurpassed, so far as I know, and it is wonderful that his work can continue even after his untimely and unfortunate passing. Many will find Artek products on ebay that perhaps would not know of their service otherwise.
Thanks again,
Wayne
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Ron, I second that - great to hear this is all legit and then quite a bit more. Thank you for clarifying. Radu. On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 6:13?AM Wayne via groups.io <WAYNECL= AOL.COM@groups.io> wrote: Ron,
Thank you for posting, and for your willingness to help to carry on Dave's
legacy through this assistance to Linda. The value of Dave's dedication to
those of us who need these manuals is unsurpassed, so far as I know, and it
is wonderful that his work can continue even after his untimely and
unfortunate passing. Many will find Artek products on ebay that perhaps
would not know of their service otherwise.
Thanks again,
Wayne
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