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This is a non-issue. If you turn off wifi and/or don't plug into computer, you can continue to finish the book after the borrowing period. The book has already been 'returned' but it doesn't cancel out on your device until it's been connected. The library tells me that the same thing holds true for audiobooks through 3m app. If I turn off the wifi on the device before the return date, it will stay on the device until I finish.
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09-25-2017, 10:43 PM | #62 |
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Because "free" has nothing to do with a work's copyright status. Free does not equal Public Domain. The copyright holder is still entitled to all the protections that copyright provides regardless if they charge money or give it away for free.
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09-26-2017, 09:41 AM | #63 |
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I wouldn't put those books on my mother's ereader though, in fact, I completely cleared out my H2O before handing it over to her. |
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09-26-2017, 03:51 PM | #66 |
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Would the question/opinions also apply to audio books? I don't do audio books so do not know what the sale/rent conditions are.
If the audio is sounded via a stereo, then would it be violating the DRM(?) if other people were listening at the same time? A couple of days ago, I see the Audible app being available on the Fire TV; this means anyone turning on the AVR, TV & Fire TV would be able to listen to any books available in "my library". If the someone was able to enable an ebook reader app on a Fire TV or any other streamer, then a purchased book can be easily read by other people & so violating the DRM!? Or the ebook is on a shared directory on a network harddrive, that book can be read by others with access to the harddrive. One of the problems with DRM I encountered when starting to use ebooks from the public library, was the my computer's Adobe Id was different from that of the tablet & the library id was different from the tablet. Downloaded the book to the computer, then try to use the tablet to get the book which was not successful as it was a DRM violation...... |
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09-26-2017, 05:55 PM | #68 |
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That might be the closest I've ever heard anybody come to actually saying "someone on internet is wrong" on the internet (with a straight face).
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09-26-2017, 10:32 PM | #70 |
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In the dim distant past when I was an university undergrad, the new Student Union Building was opened. Somewhat logically, the name was shortened to SUB and promptly lengthened to the SUB building. Brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.
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09-27-2017, 04:33 AM | #71 |
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The important difference is that when you "share" an ebook, you're creating an additional copy of it. Two copies of the book now exist where there was only one before. Hence copyright law comes into play: does the licence grant you the right to make that copy? Most bookstores licence ebooks "for your personal use only", and hence the answer is "no". You can make as many copies as you want for your personal use, but you can't make copies to give to other people.
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They even have a program called "family sharing" where I can link my Amazon account with that of a family member and that person can read all of my books and I can read all of theirs. Shari |
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09-27-2017, 07:56 AM | #74 | |
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So...either the whole "family library" is against Amazon's license terms, or the license terms are wrong. Shari |
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The "family library" is in essence a shared account - merging the contents of two accounts into a single pool - isn't it?
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