Download free book x-reader and use on y-reader

FF2 · 11-04-2010, 07:59 PM

Okay, maybe this is stretching what's kosher but occasionally I see books offered from Nook for free. Obviously, drm might be involved but that aside (if you folks can put that aside), since it is free and can be downloaded and I "purchase" - would converting to kindle format be really tacky, tawdry, and totally immoral and maybe illegal???

Worldwalker · 11-04-2010, 08:36 PM

Illegal? Depends on your jurisdiction. Probably.

Immoral? Not IMO. You bought (more or less, in this case) the book, so you should be able to read it.

YMMV.

Kali Yuga · 11-04-2010, 09:11 PM

If it is a public domain book, or the publisher has chosen not to charge for it (e.g. for promo purposes), it ought to be available in a format that your reader can use.

If it's a new book that B&N offers for free for promotional purposes, and it's not made freely available through another vendor, then yes it is illegal to break the DRM and put it onto another device. In these situations, simply because someone (either the publisher, author or store) offers it for free, that does not mean they have surrendered all copyrights. E.g. you can't redistribute it, you can't resell it, you can't make a movie out of it... and you can't (legally) break the DRM either.

abookreader · 11-05-2010, 08:16 AM

I have no problem with you putting the books you own on the devices you own so you can read them.

SkyDream · 11-05-2010, 03:18 PM

Do you ask for legal advice ?
If so you may answer it yourself.
(Usually they don't allow you to do so.)

Do you ask for real life advice ?
Well, go ahead use your tools as you had "paid" for the stuff.

AlexBell · 11-06-2010, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kali Yuga

If it is a public domain book, or the publisher has chosen not to charge for it (e.g. for promo purposes), it ought to be available in a format that your reader can use.

If it's a new book that B&N offers for free for promotional purposes, and it's not made freely available through another vendor, then yes it is illegal to break the DRM and put it onto another device. In these situations, simply because someone (either the publisher, author or store) offers it for free, that does not mean they have surrendered all copyrights. E.g. you can't redistribute it, you can't resell it, you can't make a movie out of it... and you can't (legally) break the DRM either.

In my opinion there's a lot of opinion passing as fact in the post above. Do you have any authoritative legal opinions or case law to back up your statements?

In any case, as I was chastised for writing in another post, once upon a time it was illegal to teach slaves to read. So illegal does not equal immoral.

Regards, Alex

Nexutix · 11-06-2010, 04:21 AM

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11-04-2010, 07:59 PM	#1
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	Download free book x-reader and use on y-reader Okay, maybe this is stretching what's kosher but occasionally I see books offered from Nook for free. Obviously, drm might be involved but that aside (if you folks can put that aside), since it is free and can be downloaded and I "purchase" - would converting to kindle format be really tacky, tawdry, and totally immoral and maybe illegal???

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11-04-2010, 08:36 PM	#2
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	Illegal? Depends on your jurisdiction. Probably. Immoral? Not IMO. You bought (more or less, in this case) the book, so you should be able to read it. YMMV.

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Kali Yuga Professional Contrarian Posts: 2,045 Karma: 3289631 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 4 No Touchie	If it is a public domain book, or the publisher has chosen not to charge for it (e.g. for promo purposes), it ought to be available in a format that your reader can use. If it's a new book that B&N offers for free for promotional purposes, and it's not made freely available through another vendor, then yes it is illegal to break the DRM and put it onto another device. In these situations, simply because someone (either the publisher, author or store) offers it for free, that does not mean they have surrendered all copyrights. E.g. you can't redistribute it, you can't resell it, you can't make a movie out of it... and you can't (legally) break the DRM either.

11-05-2010, 08:16 AM	#4
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	I have no problem with you putting the books you own on the devices you own so you can read them.

11-05-2010, 03:18 PM	#5
SkyDream Wizard Posts: 1,377 Karma: 9400 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Europe Device: PRS-650, iPod touch 4G, iPad 3	Do you ask for legal advice ? If so you may answer it yourself. (Usually they don't allow you to do so.) Do you ask for real life advice ? Well, go ahead use your tools as you had "paid" for the stuff.

11-06-2010, 04:21 AM	#7
Nexutix Reading and reading Posts: 582 Karma: 8250144 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Infibeam Pi, iPod Touch 4G, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 2, Oneplus One	Used by z user.

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