Fran quoted me: > Certainly, copying a whole book is a violation. But I've occasionally > resorted to Xeroxing books that are technically in copyright, when > they're out of print or otherwise unavailable and I need to refer to > them longer than ILL will let me. In the one chance in a million that > the copyright owners in these cases wander into my private office and > find the copies in my files, I'll take my lumps. (Given the books in > question, though, I suspect the authors would more likely be amazed > that would go to such lengths to get them.)
And responded: > Ah: So you think anything you wish to do and that benefits you is > ethical as long as you don’t get caught? Anyone who could take my extremely specific statement above and make the subsequent sweeping (and very much incorrect) inference is not worth engaging in conversation. --Robin _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_oct_______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
