oh keith, where have _you_ been? _of_course_ it's legal. perfectly so. plus it is _far_ from being unethical. (well, some of these outfits are trying to shut down access to free copies because they claim copyright on their own version, and that indeed falls on the unethical side, but that's some whole other kettle of fish.) educate yourself fully before you post, ok? -bowerbird
Am 01.12.2010 um 09:43 schrieb Bowerbird@aol.com:
oh keith, where have _you_ been?
_of_course_ it's legal. perfectly so. Really, so then it is perfectly light to take a book rip out the copyright notice and post the book on the web for free.
Sure PG is not into making money, they want books be available for free. PG gives books away for free. No damage done, Yet, ...
plus it is _far_ from being unethical.
(well, some of these outfits are trying to shut down access to free copies because they claim copyright on their own version, and that indeed falls on the unethical side, but that's some whole other kettle of fish.)
educate yourself fully before you post, ok?
Duhh, what that I did read the fine print before posting!! regards Keith.
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Keith J. Schultz <schultzk@uni-trier.de>wrote:
Really, so then it is perfectly light to take a book rip out the copyright notice and post the book on the web for free.
PG deals almost entirely with books in the Public Domain. There is no copyright to infringe upon.
Am 01.12.2010 um 23:52 schrieb Scott Olson:
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Keith J. Schultz <schultzk@uni-trier.de> wrote:
Really, so then it is perfectly light to take a book rip out the copyright notice and post the book on the web for free.
PG deals almost entirely with books in the Public Domain. There is no copyright to infringe upon. I believe most do not get the point. Works of Shakespeare are out of copyright. If I produce a book containing his Works and sell it. My book gains copyright! Meaning that one can use my book for producing other books based on my content.
Furthermore, being in the public domain and having copyright and two different things. We have been "there and back again"!! regards Keith.
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