On Tue, 2001-11-06 at 00:51, brian.tiplady_at_astrazeneca.com wrote:
> Yes, but there are two actions. The first is downloading. If I download an
> ecopy of LOTR and I already own a paper copy of the book, there is no
> difference from taking my own book and scanning it into a computer file.
Not true. It's possible that the ecopy you download is a different
edition with different edits from the version you own on paper, or more
appendices, or the like.
If it's different by one character than the copy you'd have made
yourself, it's potentially a copyright violation.
> The second action, which is the one which is actually in question is placing
> the file on a server for all and sundry to download. This is where Napster
> came to grief, because, taking all the circumstances into account, this was
> held to be an invitation to copyright infringement.
And this is different than making NewtonBooks of LOTR on a server for
all and sundry to download.... how?
Note that I really really dislike copyright law as it stands, and think
that all of this is stupid, so I don't want to dispute the right and
wrong of all this. I'm just pointing out that under current rules, no,
you're wrong on both points.
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