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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Thank you. That's just the kind of insight that I needed. The post is going down as soon as I finish this one.
I am definitely not very familiar with all of the legal issues involved, but one thing in the DMCA that gave me pause is that they put the onus on copyright holders to inform them if they've violated their copyrights. To me, a site presenting the books should be responsible for getting permission.
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I've seen that sort of DMCA on filesharing sites that were definitely hosting pirated books. As far as I can tell it's a pretty normal cover-my-ass policy for dubious sites.
All the legit free not-in-public-domain book sites that I've come across will either require you to subscribe (or be subscribed) to the author or publisher's mailing list to download the free books and/or simply provide links to the major book sellers.