Re: "Understanding the Apple II" as PDF - who can host?

["Bryan Parkoff" <none@nospam.net>]

"Linards Ticmanis" <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote in message 
news:447b23e4$0$11068$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net...
> Bryan Parkoff wrote:
>
>>     No contact with Jim Sather for over years by asking a permission to 
>> reproduce Understand the Apple II+ electroncially is illegal.  It can 
>> violate his copyright.  Please look at the first page.  It says not to 
>> produce electronically without his permission.
>
> Bryan,
>
> I'm aware that making this available is against the law, but I'm not 
> planning to step on anybody's toes. I asked around here if anybody knew 
> about Jim or about Quality Software, before I started to scan it.
>
> The consensus seemed to be that nobody had any recent news about Jim or 
> knew how to contact him.
>
> The point of what I'm doing is not to hurt Jim's Sales. The book is 
> out-of-print for a long time and difficult to get in some areas of the 
> world. And even if you do manage to get an old copy, Jim will most likely 
> be none the richer for it, since I doubt that many copies exist which 
> haven't been sold at least once. The point is making something available 
> that's unavailable to many people - not making money out of somebody 
> else's work.
>
> If you have a contact address for Jim (I don't really understand if that's 
> what you're saying), please by all means tell me about it. I'll not 
> publish anything before I get your answer.
>
> And of course, I ask the eventual hoster to pull this at once, should Jim 
> or whoever holds the rights actually resurface and ask for this.
>
> In Germany we have a saying, "where's no plaintiff, there's no judge".
> IMHO the law of copyright is there to protect the rights of specific 
> people, not as an abstract body of law that should regulate people's 
> behaviour no matter what the effect.
>
> Please reply to the group, not by mail.
>
> Best wishes,
> -- 
> Linards Ticmanis

Linards,

    Thank you for the concern of copyright.  It is a possibility that Jim 
Sather is no longer participle in the Apple II Community.  To respect his 
copyright not to reproduce book electronically and/or sell to the public.  A 
copy of book has to be shown at no charge when people appreciate to learn 
reading it.  They must respect the author when they promise not to sell 
copies which they are reprinted into new book or electronic book.
    I indicate to say when people are welcome to receive copies for free 
while they have agreement not to sell for making money.
    Unfortunately, I have no contact nor address of Jim Sather.  I have a 
copy of Understanding the Apple II+ and Apple //e as two books.
    When you are ready to post PDF on the hosting, I suggest what you need 
to make an agreement to respect copyright by answering yes or no before they 
are welcome to download.
    I hope that it makes sense.

Bryan Parkoff