> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:04 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: digitize old hardcopy manuals > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:19:03 -0600, McKown, John wrote: > > >Owning a printed book does not give you the right to copy that book. > >Not even for personal or archival purposes. > > I know that you are not a lawyer, and neither am I. Please do not > give legal advice. I do know that there are those who would > eliminate > fair use from copyright law, but it has not happened yet. > > -- > Tom Marchant
OK. I may have been a bit over the top. I was just musing that someone __might__ get in trouble using this device. I always think caution is acceptable advice. But, as you said, if someone is worried, they should hire a lawyer. I personally wouldn't copy an entire book thinking "fair use". But again, that's for a lawyer to advise. And as I recall (vaguely) what a legislator said when asked what a law meant: "I don't know. The courts haven't told us yet." IOW - what a law appears to me to say may not be what a court says it does. Which may not be what the appeals court says it is. Which does not guarantee that SCOTUS would agree (if it were to get that far). fair use overview: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html >From now on, I will sign all my posts with IANAL. But I still think lawsuits >are a __possibility__ from publishers who will likely want people to buy their >eBook version of a book. Or protect the value of the hardcopy version >(likeunto the RIAA/MPAA). For older books, who knows? Why chance it? I admit >to being intimidated by the law. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
