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Originally Posted by Turtle91
Yes...scanning. I have quite a few pbooks that I am in the process of scanning via a homemade scanner ( link). One reason I made my own scanner was because it was fun...the other was because I was under the impression that format shifting for others wasn't allowed - only yourself - thought I had read that somewhere??
If we are allowed to have scanning services format shift our books...then great! I was just wondering how the copyright rules followed a book that had been shifted. I didn't purchase a "license" that restricts me from letting my kids read the book...I purchased a book that allows me to lend it and donate it if I desire.
It just seemed like the OP was talking about their bookshelf - not their own backlist, of which they own the rights. I thought it was related to the thread and was relevant... sorry if I was wrong  |
Hey, Turtle:
I think I'm going to stay out of this one. I honestly don't know if the law allows, or doesn't allow, format-shifting for one's own device. My gut says (and this is NOT something that ought be listened to, in this, mind you), that format-shifting isn't allowed. I don't recollect any exceptions, in the Federal copyright statutes, about this. OTOH, could there be updates, court cases, etc., of which I'm unaware? Sure.
Secondly, I seriously doubt that anybody would chase you for format shifting your book from paper to your own Kindle. BUT, that's just...a common sense reaction to it, not an informed one, not on this topic. (I think that...who is it, is it Harry? Someone around here is quite expert about the legalities surrounding format-shifting, etc.) I have NO idea if a scanning company would take...well, of course they would. How would they know that a backlist book is a rights-reverted book, versus one that isn't? So, I would say, from a technical standpoint, you could likely get the work DONE. From a legal standpoint, oh, no, ain't touching that one with a ten-foot-pole.
HItch