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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I would say "verbatim copies" means the actually text and not the binary. I've seen that where for download are different ebook editions. So yes, I would go with "not changing the text when you change the format". Also, if you are talking about not changing the binary, then it would be impossible to perform an ebook. So since that also gives the right to perform the work, then that would be changing it from the format it was in to a new format. So that has to mean "the format is ok to change as long as the text is not changed".
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I would certainly agree with this definition. When you quote someone's data nobody cares that the quote has to be on the same page and formatted exactly the same. It is the content that verbatim means, not the format. A single document can be reflowed to fit a device with changing the content. PDF files can be repaginated and reflowed on the spot depending on the reader and device. The binary rule certainly does not apply to verbatim and is a electronic artifact. If the binary rule applied you couldn't even move a file from a pc to a mac due to the line end conventions.
Dale