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Originally Posted by jackie_w
Is it possible to get a definitive MR stance? The only point in continuing work is if it is "MR-acceptable" to post the resulting scrambled ebook.
If it is OK to proceed in principle I think we would need a definite yes/no about:
- Cover image
- TOC entry text
- metadata in the OPF file (author, title, identifier, subject, description, publisher plus any calibre specifics)
All of the above probably exist in free samples but if they were all scrambled - in addition to the normal text content - it's not immediately obviously how anyone could identify the book or what it's about. But that's a practical opinion not a legal one.
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I don't think metadata is copyrighted.
Especially all the metadata in my library, most of which is no longer the metadata that came with the book anyway...
Cove image is part of the metadata. Also,
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The ToC is on public record, if you care to look it up.
Obviously, that is only my opinion.
But it would be good sense for the Admin board to agree with me.
