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To: Mariner
Illegal downloads are theft, by the book.

Or "Buy the book," for copyright extend to written material, and it seems if we go "by the book" then everyone who saves a copy of a web page (apart from temporary cache) for their own personal viewing later, may be breaking the law. Even though the material copied would never be bought, or sold by the copier. But which copying can serve to make the publisher more well known.

I myself do not want to break the law, though over the years i have thousands of web pages saved for personal retrieval, but I also think that if you do not want readers to make copies of such then you should not make it public, just as if you do not want your picture taken then you should not go out in public. And if viewers can save TV programs, then why not material on the web? However, back up copies of such would be another issue, though i think these should be allowed due to the the vulnerable state of electronic data, and i have some.

56 posted on 10/12/2018 4:50:49 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: daniel1212

Your scenario is covered by the Fair Use exceptions.

Just like if you had purchased a CD and wanted to rip a reference copy of that CD.


59 posted on 10/12/2018 6:07:57 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: daniel1212

Your scenario is covered by the Fair Use exceptions.

Just like if you had purchased a CD and wanted to rip a reference copy of that CD.


60 posted on 10/12/2018 6:07:58 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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