Wednesday, December 24, 2008
WhooHoo - I'm on Techdirt
I think this is the first time I've been mentioned, linked even, on mainstream blog (well, mainstream to me). I try to read techdirt a few times a week and find it an interesting source on things that are wrong with things like online censorship, copyright, patents, and so on. I recently ran into my own interesting brush with what a copyright issue that I wasn't pleased with. The short story is, a company bought the rights to Heathkit, and has been on a mission to remove copies of the old manuals from web sites where they have existed for years. This was just the sort of thing that I would read about on techdirt, so I sent them the tip and they posted it today! Old Electronics Kit Manuals Forced Offline Thanks To Copyright. My favorite part is "from the can't-learn-unless-you-pay dept".
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2 comments:
Joe:
Where can we find your your source for info on the Heath Kit manual issue? Who have these guys (this guy?) forced to stop selling Heathkit manuals?
A lot of the manuals were simply scanned and posted on to web sites. I saw it here first http://www.tech-systems-labs.com/heathkit.htm. Some other folks have told me that they've been asked to remove the manual scans.
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