10-07-2014, 11:08 AM | #1 |
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Now format shifting is legal in the UK ...
... does that mean something like $1 book scan would be legal too, or is it only legal if you do it yourself?
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10-07-2014, 11:14 AM | #2 |
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I'm no lawyer, but what makes it legal in the US is the fact that it's a destructive scan - you don't get your book back. That would probably make it legal in the UK, too, I'd imagine. But who knows? These things don't always work logically!
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10-07-2014, 11:51 PM | #3 |
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I'm not a lawyer, and laws aren't always logical or consistent, but I don't think a process needs to be destructive to be legal here in the US. The obvious example is music, where I can rip MP3s from my CDs or LPs* without needing to destroy them. However, I cannot get rid of either the originals or the copies, since they count as "back ups." If I want to sell my old CD I have to delete the MP3 copies.
I would think that a non-destructive scan would be legal if the original was returned to me, as long as I kept it for as long as I kept the copy. * I rip and clean up LPs as a hobby. I have some great MP3s, but I also keep each LP I rip. I have a bunch of big plastic bins full of LPs in the basement. |
10-08-2014, 03:35 AM | #4 |
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It does if you're getting someone else to do it for you. That's the issue here - the legality of a service that scans books for you, rather than you scanning it yourself.
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10-08-2014, 04:24 AM | #5 |
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So it works Ultraviolet - one gives back the DVD to the shop and receives the right to access it in a cloud. Since it has customers it shows that stupidity was not eradicated from Earth inspite of mandatory schooling system.
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