Got email from Nissan Japan

[Col-GTSX]

Today i got an email from [email protected]

Email states and refers to my purchase of a service manual on ebay.

2 weeks ago i purchased a service manual for R32/33 for $36 inc delivery.

This manual is awsome, has everything to do with the engine on all varients of the R32 and 33. I noticed a statement on the second page noting that this document cannot be coppied and so forth.

This manual is a gen Nissan manual. It had been scaned to Adobe and saved in pdf.

Anyway back to the email. It says that im in breach of copyright laws by purchasing a copy of this manual and that i will be summonsed to apear in a court of law in the following weeks. So i wrote back to this email address and just got a delivery failure notice. I dont understand, I noticed all the manuals have disappeared from ebay and no one seems to be selling them atm. I also notice someone on the forums selling a similar product. Anyone know what this is about and what may happen.

I called legal advice, they said it seems a bit of BS as they dont send emails saying they will summons you. They will just rock up at your house at night and summons you personally with no warning.

Im a little worried, so i better post a dont buy these guides online warning.

[Glut]

Today i got an email from [email protected]

Email states and refers to my purchase of a service manual on ebay

....

Im a little worried, so i better post a dont buy these guides online warning.

From an IT perspective, the domain support.co.jp is unregistered, so the email address is a fake. If they were going to send you a nasty email it would come from [email protected] or something similar (let's face it, a japanese lawyer is not going to litigate in a US or AUS courtroom). Also, when the ebay auction started, Nissan could have simply contacted ebay and had it taken down, instead of sitting around waiting for someone to buy. Or they could go after the 'supplier'. I find it all too far fetched.

So the email's a fake. Who's it from?

If you like conspiracies, I go for Miss White in the library with the candle stick.

Or the ebay seller (unlikely - what's s/he to gain from it)

Or pissed off Ebay bidder (more likely).

I think that it's safe to ignore it.

[shif_tea]

yeah sounds bs man. They wouldn't go after you they'd go after the seller. What are they gonna do?? make you pay back the 36bux?? Someones pulling your leg. Dunno who it could be though, seems like a pretty indepth prank.

[Col-GTSX]

The ebay seller has not returned any emails... Other than he will no longer be able to supply or be contacted in relation to the product sold...

So i assume he has been done....

[Col-GTSX]

I know its a fake. I checked it out with Nissan today in Brisbane. They know the manuals are floating round cyber space. They said its an internal leak and theres nothing they can do about it if its being distributed on the net. They said those responcible for this leak will be fired and charged for illegal distribution of company infomation.

[superspit]

I know its a fake. I checked it out with Nissan today in Brisbane. They know the manuals are floating round cyber space. They said its an internal leak and theres nothing they can do about it if its being distributed on the net. They said those responcible for this leak will be fired and charged for illegal distribution of company infomation.

gees...$36.00! I could've mailed you a CD!!! for P and H only!!

[Col-GTSX]

There seems to be heaps of different cd's floating round...

This one is 780 pages long.... Dont know how to tell the difference other than the number of pages...

[Jordan]

Someone PM me, I want that CD!

[funkymonkey]

I think nissan japan would be more concerned about the rampant spread of the jap manuals on Yahoo Japan... I got a set from japan, waaaay more detailed than the half arsed english translations.

[Lukas]

You can download the Japanese version and English translated versions from a heap of different Torrent and FTP sites.

[superspit]

Someone PM me, I want that CD!

for 32 or 33

[Col-GTSX]

I wont be giving out copies. Sorry.....

[someonestolecc]

Why wouldn't you be giving out copies to help fellow members?

You're already in violation of copyright law

[Col-GTSX]

Sorry guys... If you want one so despiratlly go and buy one their back on ebay all of a sudden... Different seller name but same manual....

[Aeris]

Sorry guys... If you want one so despiratlly go and buy one their back on ebay all of a sudden... Different seller name but same manual....

Unless you're this mysterious seller?

[superspit]

Why wouldn't you be giving out copies to help fellow members?

You're already in violation of copyright law

and on that basis......I should retract what I may have implied about a manual being given out to people.

Love to help, but just by owning an R33 I've been made to feel as if I'm breaking the law, (by police), let alone actually breaking it!! Sorry to those who PM'd me. :Oops:

[Skyrine-Dave]

search the forums, there ARE links to downloads that are still active

i have seen a friend of a friends brothers cousin download it, R32, R33 all models in PDF, scanned from a real manual...

easy

[Hiroshima Screamer]

i have in my possession the BNR32 worhsop one