Is this legal?

desertgrandma · 12-23-2008, 12:48 PM

33 Agatha Christie e-books, .lit format. He sends by download.

I would be worried about formatting, as well.

Anyone ever had experience with something like this?

Nate the great · 12-23-2008, 01:18 PM

Very likely illegal.

And most of it will be badly formatted, too.

desertgrandma · 12-23-2008, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Very likely illegal.

And most of it will be badly formatted, too.

Thanks, Nate, thats what I wanted to know. Knew it was too good to be true!

Patricia · 12-23-2008, 01:23 PM

Definitely illegal. There are only two Agatha Christies out of copyright in the USA. We have both of them in our upload section.

desertgrandma · 12-23-2008, 01:24 PM

Of course, I forgot to send the link you you could look for yourself. Its on E-bay. So, how can he do this without getting into trouble?

Patricia · 12-23-2008, 01:27 PM

If you report him to ebay, then he will be in trouble.
It's a big place and stuff slips through.

Nate the great · 12-23-2008, 01:28 PM

It's good you didn't post the link. It would have had to be removed.

desertgrandma · 12-23-2008, 01:37 PM

Its okay. I went ahead and bid on 62 paperback versions instead!

HO HO HO!

lilac_jive · 12-23-2008, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Its okay. I went ahead and bid on 62 paperback versions instead!

HO HO HO!

Nice! Hope you are going on vacation soon!

zelda_pinwheel · 12-23-2008, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Its okay. I went ahead and bid on 62 paperback versions instead!

HO HO HO!

sixty-two paperbacks ??? dear lord, i don't even want to imagine how much that would cost to ship...

not to mention the shelfspace !!!

however, it's worth having them. agatha christie is an old favorite of mine and a lot of peoples.

Over · 12-23-2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Definitely illegal. There are only two Agatha Christies out of copyright in the USA. We have both of them in our upload section.

There's always the chance that it means those are 33 books that Agatha Christie owned, not 33 books about her. They would be copyright free now.

desertgrandma · 12-23-2008, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

sixty-two paperbacks ??? dear lord, i don't even want to imagine how much that would cost to ship...

not to mention the shelfspace !!!

however, it's worth having them. agatha christie is an old favorite of mine and a lot of peoples.

shipping is only $10.83....well worth it for the books! As for shelfspace, well.......I'll find somewhere.

desertgrandma · 12-23-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Nice! Hope you are going on vacation soon!

Nope! Just some authors are 'shelf worthy'. She is one of them. and can you imagine taking all those books along?

I'll also buy them for my Kindle, if they get their prices back down........

zelda_pinwheel · 12-23-2008, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

shipping is only $10.83....well worth it for the books! As for shelfspace, well.......I'll find somewhere.

seriously ?? how are they sending them, by donkey train ???? that's crazy cheap.

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Nope! Just some authors are 'shelf worthy'. She is one of them.

you're so right about that !

desertgrandma · 12-23-2008, 03:03 PM

Here's the link

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-62-Agatha...3%3A1|294%3A50

12-23-2008, 12:48 PM	#1
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Is this legal? 33 Agatha Christie e-books, .lit format. He sends by download. I would be worried about formatting, as well. Anyone ever had experience with something like this?

12-23-2008, 01:24 PM	#5
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Of course, I forgot to send the link you you could look for yourself. Its on E-bay. So, how can he do this without getting into trouble? Last edited by desertgrandma; 12-23-2008 at 01:25 PM. Reason: removed the link

12-23-2008, 03:03 PM	#15
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Here's the link http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-62-Agatha...3%3A1\|294%3A50 Last edited by Nate the great; 12-23-2008 at 05:07 PM. Reason: nevermind. Sorry.

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Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Very likely illegal. And most of it will be badly formatted, too.

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Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	If you report him to ebay, then he will be in trouble. It's a big place and stuff slips through.

12-23-2008, 01:28 PM	#7
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	It's good you didn't post the link. It would have had to be removed.

12-23-2008, 01:37 PM	#8
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Its okay. I went ahead and bid on 62 paperback versions instead! HO HO HO!