See the reply I just sent below. You can't do it for any part of the book.
Now, sending a 1-page scan to someone via private email will make it
harder for you to get caught, but it's still a violation. A case could
*potentially* be made for fair use but I hope you've got a really good
lawyer helping you out there.
Eric Jerman wrote:
> Not to keep this going because I know some people are "perturbed" that it's
> not on the "Off topic list", but could you just do it where you shared a
> repair specific part of it when a person needed it? Instead of the whole
> manual?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Levy" <andylevy@yahoo.com>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 9:19 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: RE: Service Manuals Project
>
>
>
>>That doesn't change the fact that you're electronically copying, storing
>>and distributing the contents of the book, which is still a violation of
>>the copyright.
>>
>>Eric Jerman wrote:
>>
>>>Gary,
>>> Couldn't you just save it to a file on a disk or something and just
>>
> send
>
>>>it to each individual person that wants it through email or something?
>>
> That
>
>>>way we could all save it to our hard drive for future reference. There's
>>
> no
>
>>>way to track that is there? Better than posting it and risking legal
>>>problems down the road! I know it would be a pain to do it that way,
>>
> but
>
>>>the thought just crossed my mind so I thought I'd throw in my .02.
>>
> Perhaps
>
>>>it's not feasible because it would be so large of a file? I don't know.
>>
> It
>
>>>would be best I think to take individual requests even though it may
>>
> take
>
>>>some time (which you said you have lots of) and perhaps not too many
>>
> people
>
>>>would want a copy ( I know that I do though). Hope that helps some...
>>>
>>>Eric Jerman
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>-andy
>>andylevy@yahoo.com
>>Maintainer, DML FAQ - http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/
>>http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/
>>'99 CC 4x4 318 auto
>>
>>
>
-- -andy andylevy@yahoo.com Maintainer, DML FAQ - http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/ http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/ '99 CC 4x4 318 auto
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