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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 22, 2019 17:25:04 GMT
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Post by Zos on Jan 23, 2019 12:42:32 GMT
They should be far more worried about "Mobilism".
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Post by needysboy on Jan 25, 2019 20:15:21 GMT
So, the British are against libraries?
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Post by hi224 on Jan 26, 2019 6:08:14 GMT
Yikes.
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 29, 2019 2:38:56 GMT
What is UK copyright law? How far back does it travel? I've always appreciated the archive for some of the really ancient (well, 100+ year) books that are listed there.
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Post by needysboy on Feb 1, 2019 20:33:41 GMT
At the risk of being "stupid", let me ask another question:
Why can I go to the library and borrow a book by a British author, but can't borrow a digital file?
Seems like the British authors need to come out of the 19th century.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 1, 2019 23:01:12 GMT
At the risk of being "stupid", let me ask another question: Why can I go to the library and borrow a book by a British author, but can't borrow a digital file? Seems like the British authors need to come out of the 19th century. You can borrow a digital file from a British library. And the author gets a small payment if the book is still under copyright. But not with Open Library - it's essentially stealing. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 1, 2019 23:03:56 GMT
What is UK copyright law? How far back does it travel? I've always appreciated the archive for some of the really ancient (well, 100+ year) books that are listed there. In the UK, copyright lasts until the 1st of January seventy years after the death of the author. |
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Post by needysboy on Feb 2, 2019 0:32:48 GMT
Word are words... I don't see why digital is different than paper. Borrow a book, borrow a file. Also, since when does British law apply in American? (Didn't we fight a revolution over this?)
Once upon a time copyright, I think, used to be seven years. Not 70+! And I'm pretty sure in Shakespeare's time copyright didn't exist at all; and people still wrote stuff. Thomas Kyd couldn't sue the Bard for stealing Hamlet.
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