Wes, Re http://www.chevelles.com/forum/biggrin.gifiagrams
The diagrams I have are from my Chevelle tuneup/spec book I purchased in 1973.
I agree that you shouldn't photocopy. But then some people should look in their own backyard before giving the business to others. Are the original GM promo's from GM ok to use on the WEB, because I've seen tons including this site. Have these people asked permission from GM to use them. Examples

http://www.chevelles.com/years/70/70paint.html

http://www.chevelles.com/years/70/promos.html

P.S. Am I still allowed to contribute to this site?
Just my 2 cents.

Mark

The GM promos are just that.. promos that were available for free and are in the public domain. We really don't have much else on the site other than these as most everything is copyrighted (and we try to be very careful about this). I have seen some sites which are direct copies of page after page from someone's original work.

It sounds like the wiring diagrams are from someone's book and really shouldn't be used without permission.

Al
This topic deserves a lot more discussion. Seems like I came in in the middle, what got this started?

How do you feel about posting pages from the Chevrolet Service Manual, electrical circuit diagrams for example? Color Chips from the Truck Data Book? Service Manuals and Truck Data Book are copyrighted.

How about pages from the Factory Assembly Manual. I don't think GM copyrighted this material although mine says "Reprinted with permission by Service Technology Group"

Does anyone at GM really care? Only negative I can see for GM is that if OLD copyrighted stuff is available on the web, it reduces the possability that they can sell reprint rights to an outside supplier.

I have seen one source that says a copyright must be renewed after 28 years. Is GM renewing their copyrights?

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Fred Aldrich
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But how do you know for sure what is and what is not covered under the copyright laws or if anyone cares about what ?
Is ther a way to see if what you have to offer is copy righted before posting it ?

It seems to me that the best way to keep this site out of a bunch of trouble and hassels is
with the attitude of "It's better to be safe than sorry" and cover your a** as much as possible.

just my own personal .02 worth

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Dean Call
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N.C.O.A. # 4350

macc.chevelles.net (http://macc.chevelles.net)

Gang;

Well, I guess that I'm the cause for this discussion.

To COPO; I've never intended that you not be able to participate in discussions on this site.

My consern has to deal with the release of potentially copyrighted material over this site. Maybe it's unfounded, but it just hit a nerve.

In my mind, material that is currently for sale by others shouldn't be given away over this site. (the subject is copys of wiring diagrams) What a person does personally is NONE of my business. My consern is the site.


I didn't intend my comments to be a slam on anybody. If it was taken that way, I'm sorry.



Wes. Vann (technical reference section)

It's always been my understanding of copyright and patent laws that they prohibit reproducing or copying materials for profit. I would think the internet would be like getting a copy of something from the library and using it at home, which millions of people do. My library has a copier and will copy about anything free of charge from any book in the place. It may be against the rules of this site, and with legal matters being what they are these days, that's understandable, but I think it is really nice that Copo would take the time and effort to copy this stuff. That's my two cents worth. tom