More on manuals plus rescue

Sean Caron scaron at umich.edu
Fri Aug 21 10:06:10 CDT 2015


Perhaps, but the eBay vendor also stole the manual from HP in the first
place, as well as the profit generated in selling the copy. I don't think
they have  a lot of moral high ground ...

Best,

Sean


On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Evan Koblentz <evan at snarc.net> wrote:

>
> Years ago I needed a HP service manual for a plotter I was trying to
>> repair that I owned. HP of course wouldn't let me have it, so I had to buy
>> a PDF copy from someone on eBay. I ended up removing the password and
>> posting it on my website.
>>
>
> That's called "stealing".
>
> The more of it turned free, the better.
>>
>
> True, but you can't just take the law into your own hands.
>


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