on 1/16/03 1:38 PM, Steve Vander Ark at vderark_at_bccs.org wrote:
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>> I have the entire LOTR series in Newton Book format.
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> For the record, officially, and for sure: this is illegal. Just because =
> they
> didn't answer your letter does NOT mean that they lose copyright =
> protection
> under the law. This list has always made it a policy not to support =
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> copying of material, and I would hope that the list managers would =
> continue
> that policy and step in here.=20
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> Steve Vander Ark
> Yes, I DO do this for a living.
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If you read some of the discussion in the media over the recent "agreement"
(read monopolistic collusion) between the RIAA and various representatives
of the computer industry, it is pointed out in some articles that, in fact,
books are somewhat of a special case as regards 'making backup copies'.
That is, you can't. Stupid, I know, especially since, if you buy LOTR in
books-on-tape form you CAN make backups of those.
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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