MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Scrambling copyright ebooks to help troubleshoot problems ???

HarryT · 10-17-2015, 01:27 PM

Hi Jackie,

The moderating team has discussed the question you raised, and we're happy to give you the go-ahead for this suggested work, provided that the following conditions are met:

1. All text, table of contents, headings, textual metadata, etc, must be replaced with scrambled text.
2. All images must be replaced with scrambled images or removed.

Provided that your suggested plug-in produces output which satisfies these conditions, there would be no problem in uploading such output to MobileRead's forums.

One thing to bear in mind with any book is that it might contain embedded fonts that could be protected by copyright. Given that there is no practical method for the tool to know whether or not a font is protected by copyright, and that it could significantly alter the functionality of the book to simply delete the fonts, please make sure that you prominently request users of your tool to ensure that a book contains no copyrighted fonts before uploading it.

Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any further questions about this.

10-17-2015, 01:27 PM	#63
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Hi Jackie, The moderating team has discussed the question you raised, and we're happy to give you the go-ahead for this suggested work, provided that the following conditions are met: 1. All text, table of contents, headings, textual metadata, etc, must be replaced with scrambled text. 2. All images must be replaced with scrambled images or removed. Provided that your suggested plug-in produces output which satisfies these conditions, there would be no problem in uploading such output to MobileRead's forums. One thing to bear in mind with any book is that it might contain embedded fonts that could be protected by copyright. Given that there is no practical method for the tool to know whether or not a font is protected by copyright, and that it could significantly alter the functionality of the book to simply delete the fonts, please make sure that you prominently request users of your tool to ensure that a book contains no copyrighted fonts before uploading it. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any further questions about this. Last edited by HarryT; 10-17-2015 at 01:30 PM.