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Where to upload manuals?
On 29/10/2019 11:02, Roger Hayter wrote:
Steve Walker wrote: On 28/10/2019 23:42, Roger Hayter wrote: Steve Walker wrote: On 28/10/2019 14:37, Roger Hayter wrote: newshound wrote: On 28/10/2019 11:34, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: I make a habit of scanning in manuals for nearly everything I own, if I can't find them online. Where is a good place to donate them for the next person? Copyright theft? I would say that by posting a PDF on the web the owner is placing it in the public domain. Now of course if you stole chunks of it and edited it into a new document, and claimed original authorship, that *would* be copyright theft. There is no such concept as "placing in the public domain" known to English law. They can continue to make whatever further conditions about copying that they wish. Having said that they might not bother in the circumstances. However, the OP seems particularly to refer to printed manuals not otherwise available to download. And while copyright does apply, why would any manufacturer want to prevent someone making copies available? One comes with each item sold and they are of no use to anyone without the item. You could almost consider the item itself a licence to have a copy of the manual. Someone making copies available will tend to reduce the number of requests that the manufacturer receives too. SteveW Some, especially consumer, manufacturers still try to operate the traditional model of making a profit out of the sales of repair manuals. Certainly the car companies still do this. It was not many decades ago that TV manuals were so profitable that a whole publishing industry grew up second sourcing repair information. Although the IT industry has no such tradition I would not be too sure in the case of domestic appliances. Car maintenance manuals are perhaps a little different, but most consumer goods are provided with a manual and people just lose them. SteveW Most are supplied with a user manual advising you not to put the apparatus in the bath or try to lick the electrical connections, and perhaps a simplified version of how the controls work. Few are supplies with repair or parts manuals. If we want to reduce the throwaway mentality, maybe access (online would do) to a repair manual should be mandatory for many consumer goods? SteveW |
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"Steve Walker" wrote in message ... On 29/10/2019 11:02, Roger Hayter wrote: Steve Walker wrote: On 28/10/2019 23:42, Roger Hayter wrote: Steve Walker wrote: On 28/10/2019 14:37, Roger Hayter wrote: newshound wrote: On 28/10/2019 11:34, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: I make a habit of scanning in manuals for nearly everything I own, if I can't find them online. Where is a good place to donate them for the next person? Copyright theft? I would say that by posting a PDF on the web the owner is placing it in the public domain. Now of course if you stole chunks of it and edited it into a new document, and claimed original authorship, that *would* be copyright theft. There is no such concept as "placing in the public domain" known to English law. They can continue to make whatever further conditions about copying that they wish. Having said that they might not bother in the circumstances. However, the OP seems particularly to refer to printed manuals not otherwise available to download. And while copyright does apply, why would any manufacturer want to prevent someone making copies available? One comes with each item sold and they are of no use to anyone without the item. You could almost consider the item itself a licence to have a copy of the manual. Someone making copies available will tend to reduce the number of requests that the manufacturer receives too. SteveW Some, especially consumer, manufacturers still try to operate the traditional model of making a profit out of the sales of repair manuals. Certainly the car companies still do this. It was not many decades ago that TV manuals were so profitable that a whole publishing industry grew up second sourcing repair information. Although the IT industry has no such tradition I would not be too sure in the case of domestic appliances. Car maintenance manuals are perhaps a little different, but most consumer goods are provided with a manual and people just lose them. SteveW Most are supplied with a user manual advising you not to put the apparatus in the bath or try to lick the electrical connections, and perhaps a simplified version of how the controls work. Few are supplies with repair or parts manuals. If we want to reduce the throwaway mentality, maybe access (online would do) to a repair manual should be mandatory for many consumer goods? I doubt many throw stuff out because the manual is lost. |
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Lonely Psychotic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:45:57 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: FLUSH the nym-shifting senile cretin's latest troll**** NOBODY asked you ANYTHING, you clinically insane trolling senile Ozzie pest! -- Marland answering senile Rodent's statement, "I don't leak": "That¢s because so much **** and ****e emanates from your gob that there is nothing left to exit normally, your arsehole has clammed shut through disuse and the end of prick is only clear because you are such a ******." Message-ID: |
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On 2019-10-29, Steve Walker wrote:
On 29/10/2019 11:02, Roger Hayter wrote: Steve Walker wrote: On 28/10/2019 23:42, Roger Hayter wrote: Steve Walker wrote: On 28/10/2019 14:37, Roger Hayter wrote: newshound wrote: On 28/10/2019 11:34, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: I make a habit of scanning in manuals for nearly everything I own, if I can't find them online. Where is a good place to donate them for the next person? Copyright theft? I would say that by posting a PDF on the web the owner is placing it in the public domain. Now of course if you stole chunks of it and edited it into a new document, and claimed original authorship, that *would* be copyright theft. There is no such concept as "placing in the public domain" known to English law. They can continue to make whatever further conditions about copying that they wish. Having said that they might not bother in the circumstances. However, the OP seems particularly to refer to printed manuals not otherwise available to download. And while copyright does apply, why would any manufacturer want to prevent someone making copies available? One comes with each item sold and they are of no use to anyone without the item. You could almost consider the item itself a licence to have a copy of the manual. Someone making copies available will tend to reduce the number of requests that the manufacturer receives too. SteveW Some, especially consumer, manufacturers still try to operate the traditional model of making a profit out of the sales of repair manuals. Certainly the car companies still do this. It was not many decades ago that TV manuals were so profitable that a whole publishing industry grew up second sourcing repair information. Although the IT industry has no such tradition I would not be too sure in the case of domestic appliances. Car maintenance manuals are perhaps a little different, but most consumer goods are provided with a manual and people just lose them. SteveW Most are supplied with a user manual advising you not to put the apparatus in the bath or try to lick the electrical connections, and perhaps a simplified version of how the controls work. Few are supplies with repair or parts manuals. If we want to reduce the throwaway mentality, maybe access (online would do) to a repair manual should be mandatory for many consumer goods? I think that would be an excellent idea. |
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"Adam Funk" wrote in message ... On 2019-10-29, Steve Walker wrote: On 29/10/2019 11:02, Roger Hayter wrote: Steve Walker wrote: On 28/10/2019 23:42, Roger Hayter wrote: Steve Walker wrote: On 28/10/2019 14:37, Roger Hayter wrote: newshound wrote: On 28/10/2019 11:34, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: I make a habit of scanning in manuals for nearly everything I own, if I can't find them online. Where is a good place to donate them for the next person? Copyright theft? I would say that by posting a PDF on the web the owner is placing it in the public domain. Now of course if you stole chunks of it and edited it into a new document, and claimed original authorship, that *would* be copyright theft. There is no such concept as "placing in the public domain" known to English law. They can continue to make whatever further conditions about copying that they wish. Having said that they might not bother in the circumstances. However, the OP seems particularly to refer to printed manuals not otherwise available to download. And while copyright does apply, why would any manufacturer want to prevent someone making copies available? One comes with each item sold and they are of no use to anyone without the item. You could almost consider the item itself a licence to have a copy of the manual. Someone making copies available will tend to reduce the number of requests that the manufacturer receives too. SteveW Some, especially consumer, manufacturers still try to operate the traditional model of making a profit out of the sales of repair manuals. Certainly the car companies still do this. It was not many decades ago that TV manuals were so profitable that a whole publishing industry grew up second sourcing repair information. Although the IT industry has no such tradition I would not be too sure in the case of domestic appliances. Car maintenance manuals are perhaps a little different, but most consumer goods are provided with a manual and people just lose them. SteveW Most are supplied with a user manual advising you not to put the apparatus in the bath or try to lick the electrical connections, and perhaps a simplified version of how the controls work. Few are supplies with repair or parts manuals. If we want to reduce the throwaway mentality, maybe access (online would do) to a repair manual should be mandatory for many consumer goods? I think that would be an excellent idea. Impossible to enforce tho, particularly with short lived sellers and china. |
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Lonely Psychotic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 06:43:47 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: I think that would be an excellent idea. Impossible to enforce tho, particularly with short lived sellers and china. In auto-contradicting mode again, you clinically insane nym-shifting senile troll from Oz? -- Kerr-Mudd,John addressing senile Rot: "Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)" MID: |
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