Bernie Hutchins, Electronotes, Copyrights

[John Blacet]

If you indeed scanned the actual schematics that appeared in
Electronotes, then you may be better off removing them.

Copyright notices no longer are required, as everything is ASSUMED to be
copyrighted automatically! There is the question of "fair use" and you
might include that phrase in any response to Mr Hutchins. Fair use MAY
be applicable if you are not making any money off the distribution AND
if they are NOT on a commercial website. You should get some more
opinions and look up the actual copyright law on this however, as I am
not current on this area.

The best option is to redraw the schematics and use them to your hearts
content. Mr Hutchins has no copyright on the actual circuit
configuration. I am not aware that he has any patents either, although
even if he did, the circuits in a patent are in the public record and
you could certainly link to the IBM Patent Archive, for example.

I can certainly see the point that Mr Hutchins has spent a lot of time
researching the Electronotes material and has some rights to make a few
$$ off their distribution. From the list however, I gather that it is
quite difficult to actually buy them!

(Disclaimer)
This all of course is only my semi-educated opinion and I am not a
lawyer.

Regards.
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John Blacet
Blacet Research Music Electronics
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blacet at metro.net
http://metro.net/blacet/music.html