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Originally Posted by kennyc
That's not really true Harry. The book may be out of copyright in one country but not another and that makes it a violation of copyright to that country. You are trying to push the onus on the user instead of complying with the law.
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We are not "trying to push the onus on the user"; that's what the legal situation really is. If you download something from a web site, it is your personal responsibility to ensure that what you are downloading is legal in your location. The web site's responsibility is to ensure that the files it's hosting are legal in its location.
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If what you are claiming is true then any ol' pirate site could put up a disclaimer and be in the clear as well.
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The web site will be breaking the law if it is hosting files that are in breach of copyright law in its (ie the web server's) location. That will be the basis of any "take down" of the site.
Believe me, we are VERY well aware of all the legalities of this stuff when it comes to our book library.