02-26-2009, 04:02 PM | #1 |
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..."If the book is under copyright in your country....
.....do not download or redistribute this "
is a message which ebookers will come across on a multitude of occasions. I've read posts on this forum quite extensively, and would like to ask: Is there a fairly simple/quick way of determining whether a book IS copyright in a certain country, or not? The entire issue seems sort of curious. I live in the UK and live with care givers who invariably have their homes in India. If there were no licence to read book "A" in the UK, but OK for Indian residents, would it be OK for a visiting worker to download it here and read it here, download it there and bring it over here,or would he have to go to India to read it over there, and where would that leave me there if I were there as well? (and vice, of course, versa ) Would he be allowed to read it as long as I didn't see it? or would I have physically to go over there to read it? Just wondering.... Regards, John |
02-26-2009, 04:13 PM | #2 |
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I would guess that extremely few people care about this if they just want to download a book and read it. The text you see is primarily indented to protect the site that distribute the book.
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02-27-2009, 02:21 AM | #3 | |
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02-27-2009, 03:37 AM | #4 | |
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It's the country that you're currently in that matters. The UK has a "life + 70" copyright law (ie works enter the public domain at the start of the year following the 70th anniversary of the author's death). India has a "life + 60" law, but an Indian national living in the UK is subject to UK law. |
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