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Copyright laws vary by jurisdiction, so perhaps my comment was not
universally applicable. I am Canadian, and my understanding is that
for "fair use" purposes, copying excerpts from a book for
distribution for discussion purposes, or copying an entire
publication in order to create a personal archive copy, are actions
covered under fair use. Copying an entire publication to enable use
by a third party, which unless I misunderstood completely, is an
accurate summary of your posted request, would be an action not
covered under fair use and thus in violation of copyright,
constituting, as you put it, "illegal distribution". Plus, creating
an electronic copy of such a substantial volume of work as is the
case with Dr. Stachiw's book, predisposes that work to copyright
abuse by converting it into such an easily disseminable format. Not
meaning to imply that you would necessarily permit such abuse, but
rather that I can't envision another list member wanting to be
ultimately responsible should the electronic copy enter widespread
circulation without due compensation to the publisher. Of course.
local laws may vary. As for DIY - I was merely offering an observation regarding the value of a few additional days to preview the material in the context of a project that would make use of it. I am an engineering technologist, presently engaged in an attempt to become a professional engineer. My career experience predominately comprises work in the energy sector, specifically with a number of research and development projects whose scopes are comparable to an undertaking to design and construct a submersible vehicle. On the basis of that experience, a request to the community for an electronic copy of a book which you indicate you have purchased is suspect, because the difference in time to delivery of a project based on the knowledge you can absorb from the book in the time between obtaining an electronic copy and obtaining the print copy is insignificant. That is, of course, just my considered opinion, and opinions may vary. Also, and this point may be moot if one is dealing with industrial or professional office grade equipment, but for most home scanners built from less robust components, 1066 cycles will have a significant impact on the remaining service life of a scanner. Last I checked, scanner prices were coincidentally of the same order of magnitude as the cost of the book, meaning that such an undertaking should be expected to have no net value, unless the creation of more than one copy is anticipated. -Sean On 06/11/2010 2:47 PM, Helge Nødland wrote: Sean. |