you've surprised me on the Beech
For info, the particular manual to which I referred is the B300 (Super King Air 350) and the copyright assertion is on the title page. If I remember tomorrow I'll have a look at a few others at the office .. however, I will be surprised if they are not all the same. In your case, I would approach the OEM and see if they might permit your use as described ?
until my co-author advised me that it wasn't.
The matter of interest is upon what did he/she base the assertion ?
Some OEMs, of course, may well not assert copyright.
POHs, or let me rather call them AFMs
Generally the AFM (ie the Regulatory approved part) is a subset of the POH (which includes a bunch of non-approved stuff from the OEM). Usually, the AFM bits are identified by a footer approval citation or similar... as many ways as the grains of sand on the local beach ...
Jog my memory on OEM
Not quite sure what the question is ? perhaps the acronym ? - original equipment manufacturer