28 Feb
2007
28 Feb
'07
9:35 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyle Bickley" <lbickley at bickleywest.com>
To: "Al Kossow" <aek at bitsavers.org>
Cc: <classiccmp at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: what BS
Hi Al,
Geesh, this is disgusting and irritating.
Unfortunately, there are always slime out there who take advantage of
honest
people's work.
The only thing you might do to curtail this kind of "thievery" is to
"watermark" key pages of manuals on bitsavers.
But it's probably not worth it. Most folks are going to discover
"bitsavers.org" and never "buy" what can be downloaded freely.
Besides, most serious collectors already know and value greatly the work
you've done to create bitsavers...
Regards,
Lyle
--
I have a few manuals for old video capture cards and other gear that is very
hard to find I wanted to make PDFs of. I want the PDFs incase my manuals get
lost, or if a fellow collector needs a copy (since they cannot be purchased
easily or at all).The issue I have is why watermark (to prevent theft)
something that you do not even own the copyright to release in the first
place?