----- Original Message ----- From: "David Heller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 4:38 AM Subject: Re: EOS Re: manual .pdf files
> > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:03:42 -0000 > > From: "Konstantinos Bibis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: EOS Re: manual .pdf files > > > > Missed Woodstock, but will still applaud ! > > You cannot make money out of a Canon manual. It's aimed at people who > > either lost their original or want to learn more before they buy their > > camera. So one way or another Canon(or any other company for that > > matter) will benefit. Let's not get paranoid about copyright rights. > > Manuals should be free to download anyway. > > That's you're opinion, and you are welcome to it. But as a photographer, > author of some business plans, and former computer programmer, I don't want > people using my work without my permission and without compensating me. The > copyright OWNER of a work gets to decide how it is used and under what > circumstances, not you or anybody else. Do you really consider a manual explaining how to turn a camera on and off as 'intelectual property' ? Manuals are of use either to Canon customers or to wanna be customers - so it's part of the Customer Support or promotion. If they had them free on the web people wouldnt be able to sell them (coz nobody would buy something they can get for free) so no harm done to anyone. If you're based in the United States you're probably influenced by the 'lawsuit culture' :) * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
