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

[Alan Bowen]

Hi Folks,

Right here is the answer as far as I am concerned.
Did Ed have an original booklet to copy?
OR,, Did he make copies of someone elses booklet copy.
I didn't see it. If the copy is bad then I would guess he didn't have an original.
I too believe it is wrong to take copies of Ed's reprints, scan them and put them on-line.

BUT,,, Peter, If you have an original it would be great if you can find the time to scan it and
put up a link to it.
Then folks without puters on-line will go right on buying copies of copies from folks like Ed. Ed
will still be selling his reprints.

Alan Bowen  rustaholic777 at yahoo.com
Williamsburg, Michigan

--- Listerdiesel <listerdiesel at gmail.com> wrote:


 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
> -- 
> Peter A Forbes
> Email: listerdiesel at gmail.com
> Web: www.oldengine.org/members/diesel



		
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