They print it off and send you a copy. Not like it's an original or anything. It's seriously wacko-jacko. If I had anything anyone wanted, like any Atari manuals, record sleeve inserts, or old magazine articles, I'd scan them and send them free! It's paper! If they print it on gold paper with platinum ink, maybe I'd pay for it. I don't even know if the thing works in the first place... If I bought the manual and it didn't, it'd be $20 in the can for me, and then some for a new deck.