[pct-l] Wilderness Press Books and YOGI

[Carl Siechert]

The guy who digitized his own copy of the books for portability?
Technically, I suppose, that's a violation of copyright terms and copyright
law--even though it's for personal use. But I don't know any author who
would have a problem with that.

Copying sections from a library book? A fair-use exception in the copyright
law (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/) says a photocopy from the library
is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship,
or research” and also limits, without specifically defining, how much can
be copied, even for scholarly purposes. There are other fair-use
exceptions, but none really applicable, AFAIK. So, you're busted. Also, the
attorney from Xerox would like to speak to you about your use of the term
"xeroxing," a clear violation of its trademark rights. Go ahead: You can
google it.

The fact that copying is easy and enforcement is difficult doesn't make
copying right.


On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> In 1996 I checked the Wilderness Press guidebook out of the library
> and xeroxed the section I needed for the hike I did. Am I a copyright
> pirate for doing that? He did buy the books. As a library patron, I
> did not.
>
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