Thread: Scrambling copyright ebooks to help troubleshoot problems ???
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Old 10-21-2015, 06:36 PM   #120
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Originally Posted by jackie_w View Post
Tom, You're replying to me, yes?

I'm reading your reply to mean it's OK if AuthorName, BookTitle, ISBN appear inside the raw files as long as they are not visible when reading the book.

Please can you also clarify these two details:
  1. If there are clickable links to external websites, do I need to remove them? They may link to the Author's website, Twitter account etc. I think they would need to be 'all removed' or 'all left in'. I can't think of a practical middle ground. Unless you advise otherwise I'm going to assume you would prefer them to be 'all removed'.
  2. Is it important to try and ensure Author, Title, ISBN are completely removed from the metadata? I've made some progress on this but, as there appears to be very little in the way of industry standardisation for every book, and I only own a finite number of books, it's hard to guarantee 100% perfection.

Thank you in advance
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
When you say "contents", do you mean "the story text of the book", which is the problematic IP?


It appears that there is great confusion/caution about what precisely MobileRead would consider in violation of the forum guidelines.


What I would like to hear is that the (story) text of the book is a problem, but Title, Author, ISBN, Table of Contents, and other identifying information that does not help someone read the story they aren't entitled to, is not a problem (or at least is covered under "Fair Use").
More than that might end up being scrambled, at the discretion of @jackie_w, but this is the only part that is absolutely required by MobileRead.
Or so I hope.


MobileRead has always allowed short extracts under fair use, at least -- right???
It is my belief that as long as the story itself is scrambled, other elements such as Title, Author, ISBN, Table of Contents, & etc. should not be a problem. As this is not something that has come up before, I can't guarantee you that the current policy will never be amended in light of future consequences, but I can say you will have no trouble from the mod team for posting it.
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