unethics

[Shaun Mullen]

In my opinion, Mike has delineated the copyright situation brilliantly.  Books
and car parts are different kettles of fish, of course, but I work in a rare
book unit and frequently encounter copyright questions and the attendant legal
ramifications.  Mike has nailed it.

Shaun Mullen
Newark, DE


Mike Arman wrote:

> >"Unethical" also applies to anyone who
> >purchases or receives copyrighted material without permission of the
> >copyright
> >owner.
> >With that in mind, there are a lot of unethical members on this discussion
> >group.
>
> Nah, not us . . .
>
> As a book publisher, copyright gives me the legal basis for stopping anyone
> from copying "my" work (copyright=ownership).
>
> There are two parts to this - first is simply stopping them, second is
> collecting damages, which are generally regarded as lost sales.
>
> FA is an odd situation. It is definitely owned my someone, but the
> copyright owner will NOT sell it to most of the people who want it.
> Interestingly, it is not proprietary information or trade secrets, and far
> from being damaged by the dissemination of the data, the copyright owner
> sees increased parts sales.
>
> I think the problem arises in the legal relationship between the
> manufacturer and the authorized dealers. The dealers feel that if part
> numbers are available, people might buy parts from non-dealer sources
> (doh), so it is the DEALERS who want to keep the FA unavailable, and since
> the manufacturer NEEDS the dealers to hustle their products, they have to
> keep them at least reasonably happy.
>
> The problem of course is that the dealers heartily wish that everyone would
> buy a brand new car every time the old one needed an oil change. They have
> never made the connection that a satisfied owner of an older car who
> eventually starts making more money might buy a new one, but prefer to deal
> exclusively with people who are ALREADY rich.
>
> And of course to keep things even murkier, in Canada, a Federal judge (is
> that the correct term?) has decided that file sharing, if not done for
> profit, is LEGAL, and the music (source material) owners can't make them
> stop. So I guess we can now get our FAs from Canada, along with the "V"
> drug and other necessities of life.
>
> And murkier yet, are there not now some requirements for auto manufacturers
> to provide service information and literature for aftermarket repair shops?
>
> The solution, of course, would be for the FA to be made available, and SOLD
> to anyone who wants one, with a 10% discount on parts at your local dealer
> when you present your serialized certificate (or something) that says you
> bought a legitimate copy of the FA, and you're an "FA Preferred Customer".
>
> Of course that has about as much chance of happening as Ariel and Yasser
> opening up a religious bookstore together . . .
>
> Nomex on, SPF 900 lotion applied.
>
> Best Regards,
> Mike Arman
>
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