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Old 03-08-2011, 09:57 PM   #71
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian View Post
Yes, copyright law; I'm afraid it is a bit more complicated. Copyright (or "authors' rights", as some like to call them) is not restricted to actually making copies; it also deals with publishing, translating, broadcasting, disseminating, making publicly available etc. Details will, obviously depend on your jurisdiction.

That said, the chief impediment at this point would probably be the license granted by Amazon. (See these links for more discussion)
I stand corrected. Thanks for the interesting links. Just seems strange considering that (as far as I could find with a serious search), you can buy DVDs and rent them out without any specific license or permission. Maybe I just couldn't find it?
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