Date:         Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:30:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Keith Adams <keith_adams@TRANSCANADA.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Keith Adams <keith_adams@TRANSCANADA.COM>
Organization: TransCanada
Subject:      Re: Bentley CD
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
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I would say that a certain double standard exists.  The EKTA CD is not available

to the public domain, and it is not being sold to the public as a viable
business.
In other words, even if you wanted to, you can't go out and buy a copy.  It is
for the
use of VW dealers, not the public.  I don't have a copy of the EKTA, but in my
own
little ethical world, that is why I wouldn't have a problem violating that
copyright law.
The same can be said for the VW Pro Training manuals.  You can't buy them, and
they weren't originally "sold".

Bentley is available in the public domain, is being sold as a viable business.
Copying
it not only violates what ever applicable laws there are, but is also hurting
someone's
business, livelihood, and the investment that was made to author it.

That's my take... $0.02 CDN
Keith Adams
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia "Roxy"

Alistair Bell wrote:

> May I be the first to raise this...?
>
> Seeing as a lot of us fell over ourselves to get a copy of the EKTA cd
> downloaded and burned, copywrite notwithstanding, what are chance of someone
> posting a copy of the new Bentley cd online for public consumption?
>
> Or do we on the list have a double standard?