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evander
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Books and ebooks copyright questions
« on: Dec 26th, 2006, 7:38am » |
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I own many books and have been thinking that it would be neat to have the books on my PC and free up my bookshelves. If I have already own a book, I do not see why I have to rebuy the same ebook! That is purchasing the same thing twice to me. Can anyone explain that to me please?
Secondly, for the ebooks I do purchase online, how do I prove I purchased it legally? Do I have to keep every email of every transaction to stay out of trouble?
This ebook concept is really neat but the copyright problems are hard to understand!
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Isaac
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Re: Books and ebooks copyright questions
« Reply #1 on: Dec 26th, 2006, 12:45pm » |
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on Dec 26th, 2006, 7:38am, evander wrote:| I own many books and have been thinking that it would be neat to have the books on my PC and free up my bookshelves. If I have already own a book, I do not see why I have to rebuy the same ebook! |
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Because the other methods of obtaining the ebook are copyright infringement and you don't want to be an infringer?
Quote:| That is purchasing the same thing twice to me. Can anyone explain that to me please? |
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Apparently it isn't quite the same thing twice. The one you paid for occupies space on your bookshelf.
Quote:| This ebook concept is really neat but the copyright problems are hard to understand! |
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I understand that you disagree with what the copyright holder expects. I suppose my answers are a bit flip. But I don't believe these particular concepts are really all that hard to understand even if you ultimately disagree.
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pg1067
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Re: Books and ebooks copyright questions
« Reply #2 on: Dec 28th, 2006, 12:53pm » |
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on Dec 26th, 2006, 7:38am, evander wrote:| I own many books and have been thinking that it would be neat to have the books on my PC and free up my bookshelves. If I have already own a book, I do not see why I have to rebuy the same ebook! That is purchasing the same thing twice to me. Can anyone explain that to me please? |
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I'm not sure what it is you want explained to you. All you've done here is express a personal opinion. If you want to scan your books into your computer as archival copies, I don't see a real problem with that.
on Dec 26th, 2006, 7:38am, evander wrote:| Secondly, for the ebooks I do purchase online, how do I prove I purchased it legally? Do I have to keep every email of every transaction to stay out of trouble? |
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HOW you prove it depends on whom you're trying to prove it to and why. I can't imagine that most people would ever have occasion to need to do this.
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