If the FBI comes after you for possessing a digital downloaded copy of a book that you have paid for, please let me know, as I will immediately start writing senators about such a ridiculous waste of time and money.
--- Bay Grabowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be a little more clear, on the legal side of things, if I > buy, say, > Basic Set: Characters, then scan or download the books to make > a PDF for > backup just for personal use, this is still illegal? It seems > kinda > silly to ask the question, but it is of use to me, because > hauling > around a laptop is a lot easier than hauling around my entire > GURPS > collection when I'm heading to cons and the like. > > It seems somewhat analogous to ripping a CD for using on my > own MP3 player? > > Anyhow, the legal part was just idle curiosity, I am more > interested in > how it plays. > > Bay > > Syndaryl wrote: > > From: Tom Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Explicitly illegal, unless you buy them (from e23). > >> if you are using it for your own use it not illegal > >> (fair-use apply) > > > > That's not "Fair-use". "Fair use" is scanning or typing in a > small part of the text (such as for a GM screen, a review, or > a research paper on the subject). The whole thing is not "fair > use". Copyright law is not about money, it's about the right > to copy. You may be confusing trademark, which is a different > issue and might apply to the GURPS logo, but not to the text > of the book. > > > > Emily > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > ______________________________________________________________________ "Politicians are not born; they are excreted." - Marcus Tullius Cicero ____________________________________________________________________________________ Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.com _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
