On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:03:10 -0400, the renowned "mc"
wrote:

That letter from Agilent's counsel is going to bring a massive
response from me as director of a Harvard University research
laboratory, directed to the relevant authorities at Agilent to
get the policy changed. It's dramatically counter-productive to
their own business interests,

Well said!

Does Agilent actually make money selling these old manuals? No? They
probably have always lost money selling manuals. Accordingly, they should
be glad that somebody else wants to do it for them!

Also, their copyright might be hard to enforce if they no longer sell the
manuals themselves. No loss of market; no harm; nothing to sue for.

I think you underestimate the legal mind. One could argue that the
copyright infringement unnaturally prolongs the useful life of
unsupported HP/Agilent instruments, thus reducing the overall market
for new instruments. It's perhaps possible to dig up figures that
would support a cost to Agilent of x% of a new instrument for every
instance of infringement.


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Spehro Pefhany
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