eBay users plagiarizing collectors' content...

[Antonio Carlini]

>Randy: I know your manuals situation has been discussed here before.  
>It's noble of you to just appreciate the distribution.  But you 
>certainly deserve to be compensated for your work.  (Guess I 
>wouldn't do so well in the open-source world!)

I'm just taking a wild stab in the dark here, but my
guess is that Randy (and Al, and almost anyone else
doing any scanning - me too for that matter) would 
have less than a whole leg to stand on in court!

I don't claim any rights whatsoever to anything I've scanned.
I've not heard anyone else here do so either. If you are 
going to complain that someone is taking things you've scanned
and selling them, would it not be reasonable to ask whether
the original copyright holder (who presumably had to _pay_ to
get the manual written!) might not deserve at least a chance
to deny your request to distribute their work?

Apologies to those who have scanned only after having
sought permission :-)

As for people nabbing your web text and pictures (where I
presume you hold the copyright and didn't just copy it 
wholesale from somewhere), then feel free to go after them.
I found someone using my images in their auctions and after
asking them to stop (and being ignored) I decided to add
a (c) and my id to any photos I use. At least I'll have a 
decent chance of proving they're _my_ photos if it comes
down to an argument!

Antonio