Occupational Hazard: Longwinded Answer Ahead. It is a copyright infringement (provided the material was copyrighted by Porsche in the first place.) Even if you put a copyright disclaimer saying that you make no claims to the copyright of the material presented, it's still a violation of their rights to the commercial exploitation and distribution of their content. So, if you're just copying their content and distributing on a CD format, it's a no no. If your CD distribution is actually something different from the Porsche material, it's a little grey. It's their content, but your compilation. Your unique edits, organization, annotations, etc. *may* provide some protection inasmuch as it changes the content from Porsche's protected material distribution. Just a thought: why not contact Porsche and request a license from them to re-compile and distribute the information on CD?
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