Re: No rights, was Re: Syndicomm Scam

[D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>]

Sheppy wrote:
> On 2013-04-24 02:02:07 +0000, D Finnigan said:
> 
>> Syndicomm has NEVER had the rights to sell Apple products. If they did,
>> Apple would have given them the .ps master files used to print the
>> manuals.
>> Syndicomm is making $$$ by selling scans of Apple's materials, similar to
>> those people on eBay who are selling ADTPro, Contiki, etc. on disk or CD.
> 
> You don't know what you're talking about. Syndicomm legally obtained 
> the rights from the Byte Works when Mike Westerfield decided to close 
> down those operations, and he got them legally from Resource Central. 
> The required legal documents are on file, and the appropriate letter of 
> transfer was faxed to Apple many years ago when I took over. If you 
> think Syndicomm didn't have those rights, you're mistaken.
> 
> The reason we didn't have master files is quite simple: APDA did all 
> its printing as photocopies even back when Apple was doing it in-house. 
> Resource Central got its master copies directly from Apple. Indeed, I 
> can show you photos of all the masters provided by Resource Central, 
> which they got directly from APDA -- they're all labeled with Resource 
> Central and APDA labels to this day.
> 
> When I took over the job, I scanned all those master copies in and 
> started printing them instead of relying on photocopiers, as it was 
> much more time and cost effective than maintaining an inventory of 
> mounds of photocopies.
> 
> Shucks, I still have some of the original inventory left over from 
> Resource Central of some products that nobody ever buys, in their 
> covers.
> 
> So, basically, if you think Syndicomm doesn't have the rights, not only 
> are you accusing me Tony and I of being thieves, but you're accusing 
> the Byte Works, Mike Westerfield, Resource Central, and Tom Weishaar of 
> being thieves. And if you're doing that, you're accusing many, many of 
> the biggest names in Apple II history of being liars and cheats.
> 
> If you'd like to stick by that story, go for it. But I doubt many 
> people will believe you.
>

What is the meaning then of this:

Eric Shepherd wrote:
> On 2006-07-29 14:30:43 -0400, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> said:
> 
>> In the years that have elapsed since the license terms were set, the
>> scene has changed dramatically.  Perhaps they would now be willing to
>> license you to distribute electronically.
> 
> Well... let me put this delicately. :)
> 
> I have a legitimate license to distribute the APDA products, inherited 
> from The Byte Works.  I fulfilled my obligation to fax Apple a document 
> indicating that the license had been transferred.
> 
> I don't know how aware Apple is that I do in fact have that license.  I 
> hesitate to call them up and talk to them about it, because if they're 
> reminded of the existence of the license, they might opt to cancel it, 
> in which case we're all kind of screwed. :)
> 
> OK, that wasn't all that delicate.  Still... I don't want to rock the 
> boat, if you get my drift.
> 
> Sheppy
>

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