27 Apr
2005
27 Apr
'05
9:05 p.m.
Looks real enough to me. No one ever said lawyers could type.
(I sent an earlier reply noting that HP itself is pretty good about
acknowledging its roots, despite the shredding machines... But that message
is delayed because I accidentally sent it from my Yahoo account.)
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Vintage Computer Festival
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:53 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: No More HP Manuals on BAMA
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Jay West wrote:
Regardless... I can definitely see a company
protecting their
copyright. We as collectors should be first and foremost in honoring
those copyrights, or it will be to our detriment. Of course, then we
move to working with them to ease up on old gear... but, we should
rigorously maintain their copyrights as well. That being said, I'm
hard pressed to imagine them complaining about really old manuals for
gear they haven't made in decades. But that's a moot point - have to work
inside the guidelines of the law.
The letter is pretty suspicious. Two typos and not very "lawerly". Sent by
e-mail? Not withstanding the assumption that the BAMA folks have actually
replied to the message and confirmed it's real. Does anyone know if this
has happened?
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