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Originally Posted by sirbruce
pdurrant and igorsk hit on the same point, which I think I'm onboard with. If they explicitly state it's not freely redistributable, that's one thing, and if they are nice enough to include the right creative commons license to redistribute, that's another. But what if they say neither?
Luckily this only applies to a few books I've collected over the years.
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If a copyright-holder posts a book and doesn't mention any restrictions, then he still owns the copyright and you have to assume that the download is for personal use. A sensible author will say so explicitly. But silence doesn't mean that he has given up his rights.