24 Apr
2003
24 Apr
'03
7:58 p.m.
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, The Design Fort DTP wrote:
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.
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.