Found a good download place for WSM PDF

[tjwoody]

The company that hosts the site is legit. It lets anyone sell files that they want to post. There are several people selling the same stuff... it looks like it started back in 2009. Messick's had on their site the same parts books that these guys are selling, that is until kubota made them take it down.

Just because the hosting company is legitimate, it doesn't mean that selling PDFs you have scanned is. The WSM is the intellectual property of Kubota and how they sell/distribute it is up to them. If the person selling the PDF is making money, that money is arguably the property of Kubota. I wonder if attitudes would be the same if the person were selling a Xerox copy of the manual. Just because it's in electronic form doesn't mean it's fair game to take.

Sorry - end of rant. I used to teach high school and would lecture my students about not pirating music or movies. My mantra: "How much is your integrity for sale for?"

 

[teg]

No... stand up for your rant!!! I'm not a big fan of corporate but outright stealing of copyright material... I'm not a fan of. That's why I sent a note to kubota to inform them of what's going on...

 

[tjwoody]

Teg,

I used to tell my kids that I had over $2,000 in music from iTunes. They thought I was crazy (music is free to download, right?), but I am serious about it. As to corporations, some are good, some ok and some bad. Kind of like people. Our job is to discern those that are good and steer our business that way whenever possible.

As to manuals, I would gladly buy a CD/DVD of the users, parts and workshop manuals for my tractor.

 

[Skyco]

I bought the genuine WSM for my BX24 from a Kubota dealer online.
I was pretty disappointed considering the high price. Many of the photos are poor quality and hard to discern what they are showing.
I'd love to find clear photos to replace them, even if they are illegally online, since I feel a little cheated by Kubota on the WSM.