Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OT: Copyrights

[Dewey Mason <drmason2001@yahoo.com>]

Hey Guys,
 High moral standards are sometimes hard to live with,
but they are always impossible to live well without.
Dewey
--- Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com> wrote:
> Jorge, I realize the temptation is there, as is the
> need for a "free
> book".  But I think it shows the individual's
> personal quality if they'd
> rather "heist" a book instead of legally purchase
> it.  I'd rather go
> without than to take what is not rightfully mine. 
> That is what the
> copyright laws protect.  
> 
> But don't let that get in your way.  There could be
> a way around it. 
> Try contacting the author and see if he/she would
> consent to our group
> having free copies.  And who knows, they may provide
> them themselves off
> of their computer.  How many authors don't keep a
> e-copy of their book? 
> Some, yeah.  And some do.
> 
> It is the honorable thing to ask.
> Carl
> 
> 
> "Jorge Lourenço Jr." wrote:
> > 
> > What if someone in a country not subjected to the
> copyrights laws of the book's country of origin
> > copies it and make it available to a bunch of
> bosom friends ? Would it be an infringement ?
> > 
> > I realize that it may even be morally
> objectionable but I can hardly believe it would be
> illegal.
> > 
> > I'm aware that we are diving in murky waters but
> seriously folks, what do you think ?
> > 
> > Lawyers, to circumvent the legal stumbling blocks,
> are given an obscene amount of that green stuff
> > you guys seem to be always running after ;^))
> > 
> > As far as I know, my country has never signed an
> agreement on copyright enforcement under the US
> > regulations. I may be wrong though...
> > 
> > Jorge L.
> > 
> > -----Mensagem original-----
> > De: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org]Em
> nome de
> > Chris Nugent
> > Enviada em: sexta-feira, 9 de janeiro de 2004
> 01:37
> > Para: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> > Assunto: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] HANDBOOK OF ACRYLICS
> FOR SUBMERSIBLES available
> > 
> >   Oh, right, umm....that's what I
> meant...umm....yeah...it'd be cool, if it wasn't for
> that whole
> > copyright infringement thingy....hmm...bummer.  
> ;)
> > 
> >    Nuge
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