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Yes, they are protected by copyright
They are literary works:
According to 17 USCS § 101 "Literary works" are works, other than audiovisual works, expressed in words, numbers, or other verbal or numerical symbols or indicia, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as books, periodicals, manuscripts, phonorecords, film, tapes, disks, ...
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Yes, they are protected by copyright. A copyright owner can control how the material is copied and disseminated. No, you can't store, copy and disseminate a copyrighted work without the owner's permission. And note that TI does have a copyright notice on its datasheets.
As it happens, it is to the advantage of the manufacturer to get the datasheets out to ...
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This is not a direct answer to your question BUT is relevant enough to be worth conveying as an 'answer', I think :-). [I realise that the answer may be deleted as "not an answer" but I think that it adds usefully to the subject].
I carried out product design and development in China using Chinese and other components. When looking at data sheets ...
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This question is somewhat answered here:
A commonly discussed scenario where implied licenses are destined to
play a major role is on the World Wide Web. When a Web page is viewed
in a Web browser, the page is downloaded through the Internet and
placed on the user's screen. It is clear that a copy of the Web page
is being made by the user. It is also clear ...
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Copyright restricts making copies, it does not restrict using copies you legally have
When I buy a book, I’m allowed to read it, put it on my bookshelf, take it off the bookshelf and put it on my coffee table, take it from there and lose it under the seat of my car etc. what I’m not allowed to do is copy it.
When I access a web page, I’m allowed to display ...
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