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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I disagree. It's perfectly legal for him to receive the CD-ROM. No unauthorised copies have be made anywhere except where the works are in the public domain.
I believe that US case law also makes it legal for him to make temporary in-memory copies while reading the contents of the CD-ROM on his computer.
It may even be that case that once he legally owns a copy, he has fair-use rights to make a copy for use on an ebook reader.
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I'm not so sure. There is an extradition case before the British Court on whether or not the US can extradite a British Citizen for having a web site that provided links to pirate video torrents. Providing the links is apparently legal under British law, the website was in Britian and the person never left Britain. The US (MPAA) is claiming that since the product being pirated originated in the US, Us law should take precedent...
Something to think over...