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____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 31 Dec 2009 22:06 : \____
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> Home copying of e-books and digital rights management
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>>| A frequently asked question that seems
>>| appropriate this time of year (given the number
>>| of e-books that are likely to appear in
>>| people's Christmas stockings) concerns what one
>>| is legally allowed to do with documents on
>>| one's own e-book, particularly one that is
>>| protected by some form of digital rights
>>| management.
>> `----
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>> http://www.francisdavey.co.uk/2009/12/home-copying-of-e-books-and-digital.html
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> The British Library's position is an embarassment. The whole governance
> should probably be taken down and fresh bodies put in place, with a view
> to looking at how to maximise accessibility to this critical resource
> which we have *already paid for*.
>
> It's not the BL's role to "monetise" *my* assets.
The UK-IPO monetises granting of monopolies, on behalf of corporations. The public is
required to pay *more* for products...
Whose office is the UK-IPO? Government? Public? Private sector with government's blessing?
Lawyers? Trolls?
âThe European Patent Office is a corrupt malicious organisation
which should not exist. [...] But if the European Patent Office
stands in your way, get rid of it too.â
âRichard Stallman, April 2009
Larry Lessig insists that when the law is questionable it should not be ignored (civil disobedience)
but rather it should be fixed (changed).
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