Of course, but would SCCA let me download it from their site?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave & Marianne Lyons" <super7@charter.net>
To: "Jeff Lundgren" <lundgrenj@groupbuycenter.com>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:27 PM
Subject: RE: Where's the disc? (Download)?
> Two things to remember:
>
> Placing the PDF file on the web is a violation of the copyright held by
> SCCA, INC. It's no different than going to work and using a copier to
make
> three or four hundred copies of the book and giving those to anyone who
> asks, it's just a whole lot easier. The last person I know who took
> something that was fairly obscure (and the SOLO II rules are) and placed
it
> on the web ended up with a fine of $75,000 plus $120,000 in legal expenses
> of the copyright holder plus had to pay his own lawyer on top of that.
>
> Sales of the rules book IS a profit center for the club (and the same goes
> for the GCR, too.)
>
> Also:
>
> Placing the PDF on the web is simply ripping off all the rest of the
members
> who don't care about the Solo rules, because it reduces the sales that the
> copyright holder (those of us who are SCCA members) expects. The club
SELLS
> the advertising space as well, based on an expected circulation. If the
PDF
> was on the web, then there is no reason to buy the ad space in the rule
> book. This cuts into the clubs income as well.
>
> Being able to search/modify/annotate/cut the PDF file is easy of you have
> the full version of Acrobat. Pay Adobe the bucks and have at it for your
> own personal use only.
>
> This topic has been beaten to death on the Wheel2Wheel mailing list, also.
>
> If you want to know more on copyright laws, read the US Federal code,
Title
> 17, Chapter 1, Sections 105, 106, 106a and 107.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Jeff Lundgren
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:00 PM
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Where's the disc? (Download)?
>
>
> Can we download this PDF file?
>
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