There is intrest in the project....Count me.
One thing that comes to mind is just doing it (the electronic copy) and toss
it out on the web on a site somewhere. If by chance chrysler did find it,
who would they blame ?? Noone. They would just ask the hosting isp to take
it down.
Marty
""Gary Hedlin"" <ghedlin@theramp.net> wrote in message
news:aecd9o$qig$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> I've ran into this problem before. As far as the manuals being accessable
> to the general public, there's no way I would even THINK about doing this
> unless there were controlls put in place to only allow certian people to
> access them. They WILL NOT be available to the general public.
>
> Let me put it this way, It would be illegal for me to take ANY book, scan
> it, and post it online to the general public. The same as if I took the
> files, ran off 1,000 coppies on my Xerox printer (which I am more than
> capable of doing) and sold them on e-bay.
>
> In no way would doing this (the project) be considered distribution
because
> (a) the general public does not have access and (b) a person has the right
> to put something he bought into an accessable format for personal use.
>
> At this point, I'm not even sure I can get enough interest in this project
> to make it worthwhile. If there is enough interest, I am sure a private
> orginization like ourselves has the right to have a private collection for
> use over electronic means.
>
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> "Michael Clark" <dml@mikesdakota.com> wrote in message
> news:144209073343.20020614035425@mikesdakota.com...
> >
> >
> > > Well, all I need is the manuals... The rest is easy.
> >
> > > Plus, I've got a lot of time on my hands annyway :)
> >
> >
> > You might want to think about the legal aspects of
> > posting whole manuals online. I'm sure the publishing
> > company that produces these manuals would love to turn
> > their legal department loose on something like this.
> > It would be GREAT if you could do this though. I would
> > just hate to see you go to all that trouble, just to
> > get into serious trouble...
> >
> > --Mike
> > www.mikesdakota.com
> >
>
>
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