Thread: Is it legal to sell an electronic back-up of a book?
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Old 02-02-2010, 02:25 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton View Post
If that's true, aren't the LP "back-up" sellers providing a service to help you to make your own back-up - a model which would translate to books?
If they made the backup on their own time and send you both, rather than actually selling you retail copies of both the LP and the CD, then technically it's illegal.

But I doubt anyone except the most rabid RIAA lawyer would view this as problematic, and there might be ways around it. E.g. afaik it's legal to offer the service of converting a recording to another format for personal use -- e.g. a wealthy person could hire a service to convert a private CD collection into digital files for personal use. In this case, they would technically bundle that service into the LP sale.

Similarly, I assume you could run a service bureau where you offer to convert books into ebook format, including OCR and proofreading, again for personal use only. Or, if you're the rights-holder, for commercial use.
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