Greg Heier <gheier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>This is a great idea.
>
>I'm not particularly concerned about the copyright issue myself. Worse
>case is that Olympus finds it and doesn't like it and asks for it to be
>removed. I seriously doubt that they'd complain in this case anyway.
You have a point here Greg. My very limited understanding of copyright
infringement *practices* is companies tend to go after operators who are
either making a lot of money copying a product for profit (e.g. bootleg
Levis or videos) or have violated the rightful owner's sensitivities to
intellectual property (e.g. the Far Side cartoons). In the first case, this
is not what is being discussed. In the second case, if Olympus objects, the
site is simply removed from the face of the earth. Easy.
I have a fairly large number of manuals and other Oly publications. If it
will help, I'll inventory them.
>For
one thing, it's pretty common practice for camera stores to make copies
>of these manuals available for a small fee ($5 or thereabouts). This
>would also be in violation of copyright.
>
>I'd have no problem providing a web home for this stuff myself if there
>is a need, and I also have a few manuals (incl the T20) and catalogs I
>could scan in. :)
>
>Greg
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lars Haven
>Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 5:37 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [OM] Documentation
>
>
>Pauls0627@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> As time goes on, and for various reasons, I think all of us
>Olympus-philes
>> and Zuiko-philes are having to look more and more to the used market
>to find
>> lenses and equipment. One of the disadvantages of this is that you
>rarely find
>> used equipment with documentation (at least this has been true in my
>> experience).
>>
>> This got me to thinking that between everyone on this list, there is
>probably
>> at least one copy of almost every manual, data sheet, brochure, etc...
>that
>> Olympus has ever published for the OM system. I was wondering if it
>would be
>> possible to collect this information somewhere, either on paper or
>> (preferably, I think) online? I'm not sure if Olympus' lawyers would
>have a
>> problem with this, but I think we would all find it both interesting
>(wishing
>> over the stuff we can't afford) and useful (research before a
>purchase, for
>> example).
>>
>> Assuming the lurking lawyers out there don't object, any ideas on how
>this
>> could be approached? Or maybe no one thinks it's worth it (I realize
>this
>> could be a lot of work)? Putting it online might be cost prohibitive
>(it would
>> mean hosting an awful lot of scanned pages, I would imagine). It might
>be
>> feasible to create paper collections and bind them, possibly breaking
>the task
>> up so one person isn't burdened too heavily. Maybe it could be broken
>up into
>> groups the way Oly does, with a Camera body group, Lens group, Flash
>group,
>> Motor drive group, Finder group, etc.?
>>
>> Anyway, this was just a thought. I would love to get my hands on the
>manuals
>> for my T-20 and T-32! And just think of the poor guy/gal who buys a
>used Grip
>> Strap someday, has never seen one before, and tries to attach it to
>his/her
>> winder or motor without the instructions (assuming (s)he's even got
>all of the
>> little bits and pieces, and if (s)he doesn't, can figure out what
>(s)he
>> needs...)
>>
>> Paul
>>
>Hi Paul,
>
>You have hit right on one of my "small" projects. I have so far
>scaned of the manuals for several pieces of OM equipment: OM-1,
>OM-2, OM-2n (halfway), OM-4Ti, T32 and Winder 1. Manuals for the
>rest are still missing, but the manuals were not my initial interest.
>It all began with a sales information file from around 1990. Then the
>Danish branch of Olympus very kindly let me borrow a sales
>information file from around 1980, which I also have scans of.
>
>There is even promise of more treasure but, as you point out, there
>is a legal problem. Olympus has the copyright to all this stuff.
>While I suspect that they are not extremely protective, I find
>it necessary to have a formal permission before I can publish any of
>this. It all fits on a CD-ROM with plenty of space to spare. I'd love
>to make the material available, either on CDs on on the Web, but not
>until the legal issue has been resolved. Until then it remains under
>wraps. Maybe Olympus in Denmark will want to put it on a web site. We
>shall see.
>
>I have so far kept a very low profile on this, as I suspect that
>"everybody" will ask for a copy, which I am not at liberty to give.
>So far I'll just try to keep up with the flood of questions...
>
>Regards
>Lars
>
>Now I prepare my life-boat to be ready for the flood :-)
>
>--
>Lars Haven <mailto:lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> aka <lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>"When writing about women, one must dip one's pen in a rainbow"
> D. Diderot
>
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