| Howdy Guys,
I just wanted to make one more comment on this about the decals. My brother is a lawyer here in the states and we have often had talks about copyright and what sets off the litigation in copyright suits.
Usually it is the intent of the person who copied the material. If you copy something as a "back up" copy, then you are within your rights to do so here in the US provided you aquired the origianl thru proper channels.
If you copy something ad attempt to make money off of it, then that is illegal. If you try to deprive the copyright holder of monetary gains by reproducing his product, then thats illegal.
It all has to do with intent. RJ and or anyone else posting somethng like decals merely for the purpose of demonstration, and without intent of gaining monetarily, is abit like "reporting the news"....ie.... if you use someones face in a movie, you have to get a release and compensate that person...however, if there is a news report and you are in the video, they do not have to compensate you or get a release.....they arent making money from your likeness, they are showing the video with an intent to inform.
So, as I said, one copy of a decal is not something to worry about, however, my idea of a repository of instruction sheets and decals could be construed as an attempt to deprive the copyright holder of funds that would be gained by the sale of the decals to each person who viewed them.
So again, I think you are ok R.J.
Have a good day,
Greg |