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Originally Posted by Nathanael
Well, there is this:
Every pbook I own contains a statement similar to that, generally on the copyright page.
And fair use under US copyright law generally allows one to copy only a portion of the work (generally understood as up to ten percent or one thousand words, whichever is less). Courts, I believe, generally allow a bit more for educational purposes, a bit less for commercial.
So, yes, slapping a book on your scanner and scanning it in its entirety is illegal.
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Except that I could be scanning to Braille... There's no real way for the publisher to know short of putting a spy cam inside my home.
Derek