On Wednesday 30 November 2005 3:56 pm, Tom Benson wrote:
> Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view),
> litigation in Australia is not as easy as it is in the states.
>
> I did check however, and "updating" your own safety manuals with the
> same or similar information as someone else is considered "the norm",
> and would be a very hard case to make, plus I was told that it's very
> doubtful if a safety manual could be copyrighted at all.
>
> I think I'm just going to TIFF each page and then re PDF them with a
> watermark over the back. A laborious task, but, it'll mean that
> people will have to actually rewrite the information if they want it.
>
> - Tom
You might also want to consider the effect on your legitimate customers.
It irritates the *%&! out of me when I can't copy out a section of a manual
that I paid for, for example to consolidate a couple of pages into one to
distribute to employees.
Competitors copying sections doesn't cost actual dollars. Irritating customers
might.
Just a thought,
DJ
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