2008/11/12 Patrick Kenny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Unfortunately, this is a common misconception of copyright law.
>
> In the US, where I live, the law grants an exception for "education
> purposes."  This is not a blanket exemption for any educational use;
> instead, it means that one person, for their own enrichment, can make
> copies _for their own personal use_ without fear of persecution.  For
> example, I can photocopy a book in a library, or I can type parts of the
> book verbatim into my computer.

Surely a set of words and their translations could not be considered
to fall under the book's copyright? If I published a book that
consisted of "book: shu1. cat: mao1. car: qi4che1", how could I
reasonably claim copyright infringement if someone created three cards
for those word/translation pairs? I don't own those words or the
translation.

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