[PSES] Standards free, by law, in the USA?

2013-08-26 Thread Schaefer, David
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/publicresourceorg-fights-back-against-copyright-lawsuit This article brings up an interesting viewpoint - since the standards are required by law, can copyright be enforced on them? Laws must be public domain, so how can the actual requirements of the law be

[PSES] Databases of WEEE registrations

2013-08-26 Thread Dan Roman, N.C.E.
Hello list members. Does anyone know of a complilation WEEE registration websitesfor the 30+ countries that presumably have WEEE registration schemes?I am looking for something like the Irish site at http://www.weeeregister.ie/searchproducers.htmlfor each country with WEEE requirements. Does such

Re: [PSES] Databases of WEEE registrations

2013-08-26 Thread Crane, Lauren
A great source for WEEE and batteries MS info. http://www.b2bweee.com/ Regards, Lauren Crane KLA-Tencor From: Dan Roman, N.C.E. [mailto:danp...@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 8:59 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] Databases of WEEE registrations Hello list members.

Re: [PSES] Standards free, by law, in the USA?

2013-08-26 Thread Mike Sherman ----- Original Message -----
All NFPA standards are freely viewable at www.nfpa.org . Creating standards costs money. Darned interesting legal theory, and another example of the disruptive nature of the Internet. Mike Sherman Product Safety and Compliance Engineer Graco Inc. - Original Message -

Re: [PSES] Standards free, by law, in the USA?

2013-08-26 Thread Ken Wyatt
Another example of disruptive nature of the Internet... http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/the-emc-blog/4378139/Pirated-Standards--Could-It-Be-True- After alerting several of the major standards organizations over a year ago, nothing seems to have been accomplished to take down this site.

Re: [PSES] Standards free, by law, in the USA?

2013-08-26 Thread Ed Price
Following the link, I loved that seal for the “NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS COORDINATION CENTER” (an operation run by the beloved Immigration and Customs Enforcement people). Their Federal eagle on the seal looks like no other Federal seal I’ve ever seen. Really, at first I thought it was

Re: [PSES] Standards free, by law, in the USA?

2013-08-26 Thread John Woodgate
In message 006001cea282$d1ec5e20$75c51a60$@cox.net, dated Mon, 26 Aug 2013, Ed Price edpr...@cox.net writes: I wonder what the rejected versions looked like? Vultures? -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. With best wishes. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Why is the stapler always empty just when you want

Re: [PSES] Standards free, by law, in the USA?

2013-08-26 Thread Doug Powell
Seems to me the proper people were notified and due diligent has been exercised. If they cannot seem to get all of their ducks into one row, it is an issue they must deal with. thanks, –doug Douglas E Powell doug...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01