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Originally Posted by pzack
M. DOITSU,
Perhaps it bears repeating that nothing is being sold nor distributed for sale nor use in this forum(nor could it be)or anywhere else and is being used strictly and solely and unequivically for personal use.
cordially,
pz
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The problem is that "personal use" exemptions don't apply unless you own a copy of the physical books.
In effect you are saying "Because I am not selling or distributing the dictionary I can do what I want." Well, no. Downloading copyrighted content doesn't give you any right to use it unless you can claim a "fair use exemption", which by the way the EU doesn't seem to recognize (
see this FAQ answer that makes it clear that the copyright owner must approve). I agree that you didn't know in the beginning that the dictionary was pirated. Regardless, you and MobileRead now know.
Section 8 of MobileRead's rules say that no one can help someone use pirated material.
An example: I download a copy of a copyrighted ebook for personal use, where I don't have the physical book and am therefore not format-shifting. In this case I have "pirated" the book and MobileRead's rules rule out assisting me with reformating or otherwise making this downloaded book "better" for my own use. Simply asking can get me permanently banned from MobileRead.
In the end this is a question of whether you think copyright is valid when dealing with electronic copies. I know people who say "No, it isn't. There isn't any harm." I know others (including me) who say "The author gets to choose."
I am not a MobileRead moderator so cannot make any final decisions, but such moderators are here looking at things.