FW: Parts CDs? was Re: Carlsen general comment was Re: P/N for Cover hold

["Dupree, Jim" <dupree@alldata.com>]

>From what I have been told (several dealership friends) the licensing
agreement for these CD's indicates VW/Audi are very serious about
controlling access to this information. It also requires an installation
software disk separate of the CD. The risk of legal prosecution and loss
of employment tells me he is offerings these at well below the potential
cost of selling them. What does a dealer technician make per year these
days? He would have to sell a lot of CD's to make up a single years
salary and even more to pay the needed lawyers to get VoA and AoA off
his back!
I would love to see the CD's available to us all though.
Does AoA still monitor this list?
Jim Dupree

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Richard Beels [SMTP:beels@technologist.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 20, 1998 5:50 PM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: Parts CDs? was Re: Carlsen general comment was Re:
> P/N for Cover hold
> 
> You have a tech friend who is willing to copy them for what?!?!?!?!
> And
> they expire how often?  FedEx me the bloody CD, I'll dupe it for free
> and
> FedEx the disk back the same day.  Then sell copies for shipping
> ($3-4) &
> matl ($2 perCD)...
> 
> 
> At 07:27 PM 8/20/1998 ,  John Karasaki was inspired to say:
> >  I know a tech with a CD burner at home and he's thinking about
> making a few
> >  copies, probably $150-200 each ??? What do you think?
> >  
> >  What's the demand/price tolerance for this?  I'm not sure if he was
> >  thinking $150-$200 per model or for all models.
> >  
> >  Is it one CD per model at the dealer?  Or are all the cars on one
> CD?
> >  
> >  This tech is an acquaintance only; the usual disclaimers apply;
> yada,
> >  yada....
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 	Richard
> 	88 90Q - <insert pithy witticism here>
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