1 Mar
2010
1 Mar
'10
4:41 a.m.
On 28 Feb 2010 at 22:50, fjgjr1 at aol.com wrote:
Puzzling - why bitsavers and some others are
distributing these
copyrighted materials?
Frank, bitsavers is part of the CHM, and Al Kossow does get
permission where possible--he also has a policy that if someone
complains about a copyright violation, that the material is removed
immediately.
As an archivist, he does a very good job. But you will see that his
IBM material cuts off with the S/390. No AS/400 or anything about
the PC line. This is because IBM does not wish to give permission to
do that.
At some point, especially given Google's publishing material from
magazines such as InfoWorld and PCWeek, I think the final rules on
electronic distribution haven't been written yet.
The best of luck with David!
Cheers,
Chuck