luis villa cvovtieguyorg ianal etc etc 101607 stephen williams wrote rights clarified universal city studios v sony summarized nicely httpw2efforgipp2pmgm_v_groksterbetamax_20thphp feel entirely within rights time shift book bits sony betamax case didnt establish legal use vcr established legal sell vcr despite fact well might used illegal purposes extent sony said anything legality uses vcr dicta note generally little law legality things like frankly one thinks worthwhile sue copying one really knows legal doesnt mean legal strict letter copyright act judge would almost obligated find illegal imho believe riaa focused incourt arguments distribution rather copying still maintaining copying illegal httpwwwefforgdeeplinksarchives004409php minimum standard care exercise backups archives sharing family loaning etc need create adopt drm make sure fulfill obligations minimum effort adopt kind drm mean create loaning library internet family friends even public fundamental legal reason trusting people agree abide trustbased drm system isnt enough reasonable care avoid liability physical library trust borrowers wont abuse copyright photocopying etc incur liability take measures avoid keep spines like old crusty skeletons prove disposed physical source photograph books keep archive receipts make party prove receipt present simply point people give books include certificate scan part library based book relevant part copyright act says cant distribute work public like little case law distributing public usually pretty obvious either arent shades gray like distributing friends family almost completely undefined related case law talking performing works public also clear mud best bet probably rely good faith friends family distribute widely stay small become highprofile enough go court might win eff would love represent probably itll expensive timeconsuming etc even win lose well copyright law pretty broken damages front good id give advice maximize chances winning 1 dont think would change much 2 would definitely legal advice ways rest 3 im confident details area law yet im afraid wouldnt good advice yet anyway plus side think maybe youve given idea write note smaller parts carrying entire tomb around time tome hope dead knowledge seriously 1520 years kids look textual knowledge isnt way wikilike utterly bizarre incomprehensible notion editions books updated occasionally seem broken luis wed 06 aug 2008 104959 0400 tt fork book guillotining spine removal amateurs