| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 789.1 | FWIW | SPIKED::SWEENEY | Tom Sweeney in OGO | Wed Feb 03 1993 11:39 | 4 |
| What you're asking for is against the law, and Nintendo and other companies have
run people down for xeroxing instructions.
t
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| 789.2 | Forgot | SPIKED::SWEENEY | Tom Sweeney in OGO | Wed Feb 03 1993 11:47 | 4 |
| To "legally" get the directions, you're suppose to call the manufacturer and
request them. They'll send a copy to you for a small fee.
t
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| 789.3 | | RUSURE::EDP | Always mount a scratch monkey. | Wed Feb 03 1993 13:26 | 11 |
| Copyright law allows people to make copies for fair use. If ownership
of the games has been completely transferred and the original
instructions were lost or destroyed, I expect it would be fair use for
the owner of the games to make a copy of the instructions (or for
somebody to make a copy for the owner).
Nintendo has gone after rental stores that photocopied instructions,
but that is a different situation.
-- edp
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| 789.4 | | PATE::MACNEAL | ruck `n' roll | Wed Feb 03 1993 14:03 | 3 |
| I once asked this very same question in here and my note was deleted
and returned to me with the explanation that what I asked for was
against the law and therefore against the notesfile policy.
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| 789.5 | no illegal activity requested | LEDS::HUNT | Larry Hunt | Wed Feb 03 1993 21:07 | 13 |
|
I'm not asking for anyone to do anything illegal. I was thinking
of it in the same terms as .3 I own the games. Yes, I could get
the instructions by writing to the manufacturer and probably get them
free of charge (I did this year's ago for some inherited games). I
thought that since I own the games and instead of going the above route,
someone might xerox them instead. I've asked for a moderator to
comment/rule on this note to eliminate any problems and confusion.
Larry Hunt
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| 789.6 | more illegalities... | OASS::BURDEN_D | A bear in his natural habitat | Thu Feb 04 1993 13:13 | 3 |
| Don't forget, Xerox is not a verb......
Dave
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