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08-03-2018, 12:12 AM | #1 |
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Does anyone here have "The Richest Season" or "So Happy Together," McFadden, in Mobi?
Hi, guys:
I know, it's a weird question. I am making an inquiry on behalf of the author, who got her backlist rights back--but the publisher removed the ebooks (Hyperion was the publisher) before we could buy a copy. Does ANYONE here have either of these, in MOBI (purchased from Amazon) or ePUB? Please PM me, thank you. Not trying to do anything nefarious here. Hitch |
08-04-2018, 12:58 PM | #2 |
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Folks:
Thanks to the efforts of two MRers here, we've found and purchased the ePUBs. I greatly appreciate everyone's help---it took two MRers, a VPN and some, er, creativity, but, bygod, my client now has copies of her own eBooks. Thank you!!!! Hitch |
08-04-2018, 01:26 PM | #3 |
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Sounds pretty spiteful of the publisher.
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08-04-2018, 03:03 PM | #4 |
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The original publisher, which had a good relationship with her, was purchased or whatever. I am not privvy to all the details, but...for all I know, it's nothing more than perhaps, they just don't have them, or something. The books were published in ebook form in May 2009, so...
Nonetheless, a reasonably happy ending. :-) Hitch |
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Glad to hear it. Lesson to authors (it appears) ... (buy?), download and store copies of your own books.
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If you're...tecchy, I'd recommend reading up on the Calibre forums about how you can decrypt and maintain a clean file copy, for your own records. I won't say more than that, but consider it format-shifting. This way, you have a usable file. You guys would be shocked at how many times I've had to sally forth, buy a copy of someone's book and er, format-shift it, so that they have a usable copy of their OWN BOOK. (Which is the only person I'd do that for.) Hitch |
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Though I can see a future court case: "Your Honour, we will establish that the defendant downloaded and removed DRM from a ebook." "But, Your Honour, it's my book! I wrote it!". |
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Doesn't matter, as the original publisher no longer has the rights.
It is worded like this:
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08-05-2018, 01:40 PM | #10 |
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If I recall correctly Walter Jon Williams used his pirated ebooks once he got the rights back to release his back list.
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08-05-2018, 10:59 PM | #12 |
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My understanding is that just circumventing the copy protection system itself is a violation of the law, even if it is fair use.
I can understand why Hitch is "exceeding careful" in situations like these. |
08-06-2018, 12:56 AM | #13 |
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Ah yes, that is true. My understanding of the DMCA is that a company can only invoke it if it protected a coyrighted work. In the case of this thread it sounds like to me that Hitch found a way to purchase the book (probably from an seller oversees) after the author got the rights back. The DMCA should be no longer applicable to a now technically pirated book, thus the circumvention of DRM is no longer a criminal offence.
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As for section 1201 of the DMCA? It makes it illegal for anyone to remove access controls from a copyrighted work. The section that some record labels attempted to use to block a paper from being presented that detailed flaws in their Secure Digital Music Initiative? That has been used by several companies to claim that publishing flaws in their software would be a violation. What, some hacker can remotely control the accelerator and braking in your car? Well, you can't tell the world because that violates the DMCA. Then there was the attempt by researchers have the Library of Congress Librarian of Congress grant an exemption to the DMCA to make it crystal clear that independent research on vehicle software doesn’t violate copyright law in the LoC's triennial review. This was opposed by the vehicle manufacturers and the EPA. This was shortly before the VW emissions test scandal broke. Further to the comment about braking/acceleration, one researcher was threatened with arrest for planning to deliver a paper on how easy it was to take over control of automotive on-board systems due to poor to non-existent security protocols. Last edited by DNSB; 08-06-2018 at 01:39 AM. |
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08-06-2018, 01:20 AM | #15 | |
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What other shenanigans went on is still a little bit grey (I don't want to know about them, and some might still be illegal). We won't know the exact circumstances (Hitch would be smart to not elaborate beyond what she already said) - it was my assumption that the reverting of rights included world wide publishing rights. |
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