[SEL] Re: Literature on Old Engine - Ethics Question

[Listerdiesel]

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:47:26 -0500 (EST), Arnie Fero
<fero_ah at city-net.com> wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> Of course this isn't a legal issue dealing with copyright.  That's why I
> said it was a matter of ethics.  It doesn't matter what Ed paid for the
> material that he reproduces and sells.  In fact, I really wish he had some
> originals that he copied from, then maybe the quality of the copy wouldn't
> be shit.

Well, I have an original EK manual copy if you want a decent copy... :-))

> Ethical - In accordance with the accepted principles of right and wrong
> governing the conduct of a group.
> 
> My issue is simply this.  Ed gathers and sells lots of parts & literature.
> In that way he supports all of us in the hobby.  If he makes a few bucks
> profit, so much the better.  I don't think its ethical of us to give away
> what he's trying to sell.  For example, folks might choose to put
> copies of his entire literature inventory on the web for anyone to use.
> What's the problem with that?  We're just screwing someone who supports
> the hobby.  That just goes against my ethical sense.

That is fine and nice, and I am not entirely in any disagreement in
principal with what you are saying.

But, where do we stop?  Do we say that ALL copies should be banned
because Joe Doe is, or might be, selling them to make a living?  What
about Internal Fire and their archives?  What about all the other
resources, not least the guys that sell this stuff on ebay?   I don't
have a handle on where we need to draw a line under this right now, to
quote a 'US-ism'

> If others don't have any ethical qualms about that, that's their business.
> BUT, if they insist on giving that material away, perhaps they could at
> least take Ed's catalog numbers off the front.  Leaving them on is just
> incredibly tacky.

I agree with that, because they were identifiable as Ed's copies mainly.

> See ya,  Arnie

Peter
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