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nerys · 09-05-2007, 09:53 PM

"Read the first page of virtually any printed book and you'll find a sentence in it specifically prohibiting the reproduction of that book by any means or in any form. Buying a paper book does not give you some "God-given right" to create or download an eBook, any more than buying a hardback gives you a "right" to a paperback."

Just because that what is says does not mean it is valid or enforceable. Rights can not be taken from you just because the author "says so"

He has to comply with law as well including respecting my rights.

I believe that sentence is restricted by copyright law which is also restricted to Intellectual Property Rights.

COPYING a book does not violate his intellectual property rights so that law does not apply. DISTRIBUTING that copy (1 or 1million) DOES and therefore applies.

SO YES if you buy a book your welcome to toss it on a copy machine and "zerox" away. just so long as you KEEP THEM TO YOURSELF unless the law allows.

Your welcome to handwrite a copy. Your welcome to scan and OCR it. and if I read Fair Use law correctly your even allowed to hand that book to a friend or pay a company and say make this into an ebook for me. (which would make DOWNLOADING a copy legal but UPLOADING illegal)

I do NOT have a right to demand an ebook from the author (I can ask and he can charge for it if he wants) but it DO have the right to GET ONE for myself by converting the legal copy I do have.

I do not need the authors permission and his "restriction" in the beginning of the book is non binding in this scenario.

KNOW your rights or forever lose them.

Media corps KNOW THIS and they also know they can not CHALLENGE these rights without exposing OH YEAH you do have the right to do this. SO they are trying to BYPASS these right NOT by making it illegal to transcode the book. but by applying DRM to the book and making it illegal to BYPASS that DRM EFFECTIVELY BLOCKING you from making the perfectly legal transcoding. Actually you are STILL allowed to bypass the encryption if you CODE the means to do it yourself and never share it with anyone else and THEY KNOW average joe will never be capable of doing this.

Chris Taylor
http://www.nerys.com/

09-05-2007, 09:53 PM	#53
nerys Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 48 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: PRS 500 - REB 1200	"Read the first page of virtually any printed book and you'll find a sentence in it specifically prohibiting the reproduction of that book by any means or in any form. Buying a paper book does not give you some "God-given right" to create or download an eBook, any more than buying a hardback gives you a "right" to a paperback." Just because that what is says does not mean it is valid or enforceable. Rights can not be taken from you just because the author "says so" He has to comply with law as well including respecting my rights. I believe that sentence is restricted by copyright law which is also restricted to Intellectual Property Rights. COPYING a book does not violate his intellectual property rights so that law does not apply. DISTRIBUTING that copy (1 or 1million) DOES and therefore applies. SO YES if you buy a book your welcome to toss it on a copy machine and "zerox" away. just so long as you KEEP THEM TO YOURSELF unless the law allows. Your welcome to handwrite a copy. Your welcome to scan and OCR it. and if I read Fair Use law correctly your even allowed to hand that book to a friend or pay a company and say make this into an ebook for me. (which would make DOWNLOADING a copy legal but UPLOADING illegal) I do NOT have a right to demand an ebook from the author (I can ask and he can charge for it if he wants) but it DO have the right to GET ONE for myself by converting the legal copy I do have. I do not need the authors permission and his "restriction" in the beginning of the book is non binding in this scenario. KNOW your rights or forever lose them. Media corps KNOW THIS and they also know they can not CHALLENGE these rights without exposing OH YEAH you do have the right to do this. SO they are trying to BYPASS these right NOT by making it illegal to transcode the book. but by applying DRM to the book and making it illegal to BYPASS that DRM EFFECTIVELY BLOCKING you from making the perfectly legal transcoding. Actually you are STILL allowed to bypass the encryption if you CODE the means to do it yourself and never share it with anyone else and THEY KNOW average joe will never be capable of doing this. Chris Taylor http://www.nerys.com/