"If you didn't pay for it, you've stolen it!"
Ben Laurie
ben at algroup.co.uk
Sun Oct 26 11:29:40 PST 2003
Sunder wrote:
> To add to this:
>
> There is no law stating that I cannot take my books and read them
> backwards, skip every other word, read the odd chapters in reverse and the
> even chapters forward, or try to "decode" the book by translating it to
> another language, ask someone with better eyes than mine to read it to me,
> or chose to wear green tinted lenses while reading it, read it to kids or
> the elderly, lend it - or rent it to friends, use it as a paperweight,
^^^^^^^ this, I believe, there are laws
about. At least here.
> drop it on the floor, et cetera. I can take it with me to other countries
> and read it there, as well etc. Once I bought it, it's mine.
Again, only within the permitted uses. For example, copying it and
selling copies is clearly not permitted.
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