Selling manuals on eekBay is fine. Taking _someone elses_ hard work and selling THAT is not. They've taken Marks cleaned up PDFs and are offering them for sale, when Mark offers them for free. Not nice at all.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Mishka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Pentax service manuals on eBay > > > so what's exactly the problem? if you google "pentax service manuals", > your site comes up as the first link. > > now, if someone has more money than brains, and decides to buy the > same on ebay, what's wrong with that? why don't you want people charging > money for them? and why don't you sell them on ebay too? > > best, > mishka > > On 10/25/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That wouldn't accomplish anything, really. They could still copy the > > files. If I locked down viewing and printing I guess I could provide > > passwords for people who download the files, but then that would > > presumably have included the people who are now selling them. > > And really, I don't want to prevent people from copying and distributing > > these files; I'd like to *encourage* it, in fact. I just don't want > > people charging money for it. > > > > > > -- > > Mark Roberts > > Photography and writing > > www.robertstech.com > > > > >
