""Martin Nowak"" <got-speed@cox.net> wrote in message
news:aed1up$a9n$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
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> Its legal to buy a book and share it right ? To pass it around from person
> to person. Well by putting the book on floppy disk (or whatever) we are
> essentially doing the same thing, but making it easier to pass around. We
> cannot be held liable if someone makes a copy for their own personal use.
Yes, but only one person can use that physical book at a time. Put it on a
disk or online, and more than one can use it at a time.
If you make a copy for your own use, that's covered under fair use.
Distributing it is not.
> Then we could email it around amongst us with the disclaimer in our email
> saying when you are done looking at it please delete any trace of it from
> your computer and pass it on to the next guy.
And would never hold up against the law.
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