Laurence Payne wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:05:28 +0100, "jasee"
wrote:

Because very often, or maybe always, they haven't scanned any
documents, they've simply copied someone elses scan or got the pfs
from somewhere else. So the price is out of all proportion to the
cost. They don't even own the copyright anyway.


Many manufacturers take the attitude that, if the manuals ARE in pdf
format, it's cheaper and easier to make them freely available for
download. Others feel differently. And it's THEIR call, not ours.

"They" (above) in this context is third party sellers of manufacturers'
manuals _not_ manufacturers however IMO manufacturers themselves can only
gain respect from making them freely available and making them freely
available also prevents unscrupulous dealers trying to make money from
selling them.