The article is from behind a paywall (ARRL member website), that some one downloaded it, stripped of the copyright notice on the cover page, then made it publicly available doesn't make it "public domain".
A link to the article behind ARRL website login would be 100% kosher, since it limits access to those that are current members.
I was mistaken before, the other list member was correct, it appears ARRL/QST retains sole ownership of items they publish - I was about 92% certain authors retain the right to freely share their own works after publishing it in QST.
The link to a PDF that was shared here was *clearly* created from the ARRL website, the content was the exact page layout taken directly from QST.
I know people like to think that sharing PDFs of a radio Service Manual is fair use because they own the radio and think the mfg owes them the SM, but in many/most cases the SM is a product the mfg tries to sell, so they retain copyright on it and discourage hams from sharing it amongst themselves. After a while, the mfg stop fighting it, and some turn a blind eye, but it's not something a group should condone, at least in my opinion, but I'm just one member.
Ken, N2VIP
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On Oct 7, 2024, at 18:46, wa6ixi via groups.io <wa6ixi@...> wrote:
Would the matter be considered "moot" if everyone got a link to the (publicly published) article and then they could just make their own copy of it?
