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Originally Posted by HarryT
Unlike the US, English copyright law does not have a "fair use" defence. It has instead what's called "fair dealing", and fair dealing covers only three specifically-defined areas: non-commercial research or study, criticism or review, or the reporting of current events. None of these apply to the situation of making copies of an ebook for the purpose of reading it. It really is the licence which grants you that right.
Fair Dealing in United Kingdom Law |
Then that must mean that format shifting isn't legal for any purpose, correct? I believe that in the US, one of the reasons that recording from live TV or radio was ruled as legal was because of fair use--fair use was also the argument that allowed re-recording a vinyl record album to cassette tape (or making a digital copy) and copying a CD to your computer.
Are those things not allowed in the UK? If they are allowed, then what is the legal basis for allowing it?
Shari