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Originally Posted by Ankh
That's just ... weird. So, it is OK for me (Canadian, accessing MR from Canada) to download every book on MobileRead, burn it to CD, then send it to a fellow in USA? It is the same thing as him bringing the copies in, isn't it?
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As far as I know, it's legal for you to make all the copies you want, and distribute them any way you prefer--just like you could photocopy a book in the public domain and mail the pages to somewhere that's controlled by copyright.
Possibly, you could even charge for this service, as long as you're distributing physical copies of some sort. Just like Amazon can distribute US editions of CDs to countries that would prefer you buy the locally-produced ones, you should be allowed to distribute Canadian editions of public-domain works on CD to US readers.
Afghanistan and Laos both have no copyright laws. I see a business opportunity for anyone bold enough to try it.