Quote:
Originally Posted by Igor Neres
Cause my teacher has some files, and ebooks that are paid in Amazon and he said the could give me. Would it be illegal?
|
This is unequivocally illegal.
If the books are paid books, then they aren't released under the Public Domain or via a Creative Commons License.
(Or, they may be Public Domain but with value-added formatting or foreword or graphics, in which case you should be able to find another version on e.g. Project Gutenberg or our own Patricia Cark memorial library.)
If you want those specific books, pay for them yourself.
...
You could also share your teacher's account. Amazon allows sharing books with one other account via Family Library, or simply use the same account.
In either case, Amazon -- and the law I suppose -- assumes that anyone you (rhet.) trust with your credit card is close enough to be sharing your books with.
Some books also can be lent out a maximum of once, to anyone with an Amazon account.
These are the only two ways to
legally share purchased books with another person.
...
Moderator Notice
Members are reminded to
think before offering suggestions that may or may not be illegal, depending on the situation, but in this situation happened to be illegal.
The post in question has now been edited.