Final Cut Pro 7: Use free tools to make your own single-document manual

[Scott Sheriff]

I think we agree to disagree.
Intellectual property rights are complex and not that simple.
Claiming a CR is not the same as actually having one, and big companies have lost major cases because they did not take steps to protect their work, and it was deemed ‘Public Domain’. Having the manual in the clear, even with the ‘circle c’ on every page, when other items are protected by requiring a password may be a defense.
And even the 10% rule would be subject to interpretation. 10% of what? If it was just the FCP manual, and the CR was on the FCS Suite, the pages from FCP may be only 10% of the total.
As I said, “I would claim Fair Use”, and not sweat it.
You wouldn’t.
(slightly OT)
So my next question is for all of you that publish screenshots of the Final Cut UI in tutorials, either on the web or DVD’s that you are selling, have you asked for permission from Apple? That UI is a CR item, and if you are using more than 10% of it, then that would be a violation. Are you not worried about that?
Like I said, just offering the instructions and the link to the software could just as easily get you in the proverbial hot agua, so if your going to do that, why not just put the PDF up and be done with it.
I do agree unless you have more money than Jobs, it might be good to have copyrightaphobia, win or loose, especially if your worried.
Sorry this thread seems to have gotten hijacked onto the copyright tangent, when it should actually be about the lack of FCS3 PDF’s.

[Tom Wolsky]

We have permission to use the GUI.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Scott Sheriff]

Misunderstanding
I meant ‘you’ in the collective sense. I figured you would practice what you preach.
Great debate!
Scott

[Mike Johnson]

I know this thread has been dead for almost a year, but I just now upgraded to FCS 3 and got bit by this pathetic documentation. I called Apple directly and was provided with this link:

https://support.apple.com/manuals/#professionalsoftware

I figured I’d go ahead and post it, in case other people stumble on this thread.