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crazyivan

Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 62
Location: Pensacola

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

Does anybody know if "How To Fly a Kitfox" is copyrighted?  Meaning, can we legally pass it around in .pdf format over the internet?  I know the book was for sale new for a time but now I think that it's out of print.  The only downloadable file I found was on Lazair.com but a scum-sucking jerk hacked the site and wiped out the Kitfox content.

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Dave
Piper PA-22/20

jdmcbean(at)cableone.net
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:41 pm Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

Yes it is



Fly Safe !!

John & Debra McBean

208.337.5111

www.kitfoxaircraft.com

"It's not how Fast... It's how Fun!"



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jdmcbean(at)cableone.net
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

We are reprinted them.



Fly Safe !!

John & Debra McBean

208.337.5111

www.kitfoxaircraft.com

"It's not how Fast... It's how Fun!"



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Michel

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 966
Location: Norway

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:58 pm Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

On Oct 20, 2006, at 9:55 PM, crazyivan wrote:

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		   Does anybody know if "How To Fly a Kitfox" is copyrighted?


	


The only way to know is to ask the author, Dave. It is always better to 

ask first. If you get the permission from the author, I'll be pleased 

to help you to make it a good PDF document. Scanning pages and putting 

in the document as JPG is a bad idea. Ideally, we should run a OCR 

program and re-format it to something that will take only a fraction of 

the size. Illustrations can be saved say, in GIF format, if only line 

drawings. I could even vectorize those for you. But, leave it to me; 

get first the permission from the author. Inform him that the PDF will 

be locked for editing and that his name and credits will still be his.



Cheers,

Michel



do not archive

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barry(at)pgtc.com
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

John, I have my orginal copy.  It is copyrighted by Skystar, 1993.  You 

should be able to get permission someway.



Barry West

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jdmcbean(at)cableone.net
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:38 pm Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

We own the rights and are reproducing the book...



Fly Safe !!

John & Debra McBean

208.337.5111

www.kitfoxaircraft.com

"It's not how Fast... It's how Fun!"



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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:12 pm Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

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Malcolmbru(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

any body got a cpoy of the book I can get from them?     Malcolm michigan kit foxer taking the chek ride soon     

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crazyivan

Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 62
Location: Pensacola

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: How To Fly a Kitfox

John and Debra,



You print/sell it and I'll buy it!  Thanks.  



Dave



PS  The title is not listed in copyrite.gov

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Dave
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dan(at)azshowersolutions.
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:20 am Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

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Float Flyr

Joined: 19 Jul 2006
Posts: 2704
Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:33 am Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

John:



 I'm just about as far away from being a lawyer as you can get.  Many snows

ago when I was studying photography I had to do a course in copyright

(Canada)  I assume the laws have not been changed.



If the American law regarding copyright are the same as they are in Canada

then you hold the copyright which is in effect for fifty years from the date

of the first printing.  (note not publishing but printing i.e. typing)  This

is true except where the holder of a copyright dies.  The copyright becomes

part of his estate and is in effect for fifty years from the date of his

death. That was written in as a protection for the families of copyright

holders.   It is possible for a copyright to be in effect for one day less

than 100 yr.



I've been told if you reprint the book (Same title) with some changes to the

content than you can claim a new copyright on that edition.  How many

changes constitute a new edition is a question for a lawyer on your side of

the border.



Copyrights between Canada and the United States are reciprocal.  Sending the

book to Canada for copying is not legal.  It could result in charges of

transporting stolen material across International Borders not too good in

either Canada or the U.S..



I lost a job a few years ago for refusing to copy some work that was

copyrighted.  I also refused to allow my employer to use my large format

copy cameras to do the work himself.  I also privately informed the

copyright holder that a specific person was trying to have his work copied.

I have no problem with making a copy of part of a book that I already have a

copy of for my personal use.  E.g. copying pages from a maintenance manual

to use at the plane.  Such copies are routinely destroyed after use.  Other

uses of copied materials are simply theft.  With the amount of material

available on the internet it is getting harder to find out what is and is

not copyright.



Noel



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Kitfox III-A
Aerocet 1100 Floats

michaelgibbs(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

Dave sez:



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		   ...The title is not listed in copyrite.gov


	


In the United States, you do not need to register a copyright with the government to make it legal, therefore you cannot rely on whether or not it is listed.



Mike G.

N728KF

Malcolmbru(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject: How To Fly a Kitfox

any body have a copie they want to send me?    malcolm

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