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Originally Posted by pdurrant
It will all depend on OpenLibrary's licence agreement with the copyright holder.
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As I understand it, they don't have one, they have a paper book of everything on the site, format shifting your own copy is legal in the US, loaning books out from a library is legal in the US so they reckon loaning out a eBook they made as if it is the paper book is perfectly legal.
So the 1 copy at a time is to keep it as close as possible to a normal library with paper books - so far no one has sued them
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Originally Posted by rbruce1314
Ah - I see.
So, let's get this clear: are you saying that in the case of the two scenarios below, both acts are equally criminal under UK law at the present?
Scenario1
BUY hard copy of book; scan pages into PC; make epub for later use.
Scenario2
BORROW chosen book from Open Library; copy pages into PC; make epub for later use.
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Even more importantly
Scenario3
Nick book from dodgy online file sharing site.
Scenario4
Convert book from legally bought DRM free epub to mobi.
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equally criminal under UK law at the present.
Or to be more specific - equally a civil violation open to the same ability of the copyright holder to sue you for breach of copyright. Just rolls of the tongue doesn't it.