Hi everyone
I see your point . and every and each of you is right..
BUT
International Copyright Law is clear..
If you do some work on old document and you put together a new product ... books .. Photo album,, blueprints .. drawings collection .. that include customer interface with personal and new features from the ORIGINAL work .. You have create something new ...
Bottom line . Manuals Documents that have been processed and introduce in to the marketplace in a new form ( REPRINTS, or Electronic format ) are new products. ...furthermore.. if some company ( publisher ) and want to sell this product has to register and obtain Copyright
Publisher obtain copyright from authors in lieu of Right royalty in this case that has to do copyright search and assignment from public domain collective works .. Hard to explain in few words
TWO lately example
U.S. Navy Training WWI WWII and Nuclear Missile Submarine Warship DVD and books
and
Aircraft Blueprints Manuals Video Publication Home Page
Both Publisher product can be found in pilot' shops or on the web
Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs more
etc etc..
The second publisher has official link with copyright registration archives
CIPO - Canadian Copyrights Database - Results
ISBN Number etc etc
Copyright protection it is hard to be defend in court
People that break copyright laws are ambiguous... anonymous the most of time
For a publisher go after some one that has infringe his /her copyright ... is a lost of money ..
Legal fee are outrageous.. $ 500.00 USD to $ 1,000.00 USD x hr ..
money that never will be recuperate ... so .. you can understand and it is better forget about it ..
Live and let them live on it ..
you can be flatter if some one has stolen your work ... at the end of day .. you want this ... nothing is for ever .. and if some one use your ideas or product and get benefit from .. Alleluia You have done right that was your purpose .. if some one buy and resell ... you can be upset ..but there is nothing.. you can do it
I am sorry I wrote to much .. your input is welcome
I love this forum .. here there are great fellows ( the most at list )