Publishing old manuals and books on the web. Legal?

From: Wayne M. Smith <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri Apr 25 02:58:27 2003

> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, The Design Fort DTP wrote:
>
> > I'm in the process of digitizing a lot of old manuals and
> books. Some
> > pieces I want to make downloadable on my website. But I
> don't want to
> > run into trouble with copyright etc. Does anybody have
> experience with
> > publishing old stuff on the internet? I'm thinking about stuff like
> > Heathkit manuals, or the "How to build a digital computer" book. Or
> > articles of old Popular Electronics magazines that are relevant to
> > vintage computers.
>
> I would just put them up. If/when you get a cease & desist
> letter, take the offending material off and that's that.
>

There's also that small matter of $150,000 statutory damages for willful
infringement per copyrighted work ($30,000 per work for non-willful)
under the copyright statute.
Received on Fri Apr 25 2003 - 02:58:27 BST

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