I have been doing this for several years, and just got a letter from a lawer demanding that I settle with them for $10,000 before they sue me for close to $100,000 as well as remove the material immediately. I thought when I bought it, I could do with it what I want. What should I do? Thanks!
2007-07-08 09:28:57 · 7 answers · asked by Josh S 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This should be obvious to you: You have violated copyright laws. Remove the pages from your site immediately. See a lawyer.
2007-07-08 09:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by Wren )O( 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you purchase ANYTHING it is extremely rare that you may do ANYTHING with what you purchased, Your legal education is seriously lacking. Ignorance is not an excuse in civil or criminal law.
In the front of most every book there is a copyright notice which means that the only people who have the right to copy the content is the author or publisher or whoever they grant that right to.
This notice seems a little brain dead to me when the book is some kind of text book & we are supposed to learn the material, often by taking some kind of notes, or we go to a news media web site ... the news media is copyrighted but they also have links to help us print out or e-mail the stuff.
What you should do?
* Get down on your knees and pray thankyou to God that you are being threatened with so little money and no jail time.
* Get a rapid education in copyright law, then cease and desist any actions you have been engaged in that violate that law
* Evaluate your finances ... can you afford to lose $ 10,000? ... if not, seek assistance from your own lawyer to find out your options, such as a lesser sum of money & some kind of mea culpa (grovel)
There are many different kinds of lawyer specialities. What you need is one specializing in intellectual property rights.
There are some exceptions to copyright law.
It is permissable, for example, to quote a small portion of a copyrighted work as part of your commenting on that work.
There have been cases going all the way to the Supreme Court on how much may be copied, and across mediums.
2007-07-08 09:45:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You really need to consult with a real attorney in order to make sure that you are covered and can properly defend or settle. Your use does sound as a violation and you should remove the materials from the web. As stated above, your use is not whats called fair use. When you buy a book it does not give you the rights to then post it for others to view for free.
FYI to the guy below talking about jail time. Where did you get your legal education? Jail time for a civil claim? Please be realistic, he did not comit a criminal offense, he infringed on someones IP, that is a civil area of the law and not criminal.
2007-07-08 09:37:55 · answer #3 · answered by David B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In maximum counties there's a replica-write rules meaning in case you reproduction any area of a e book and post it even on the internet without permission from the author you're committing a criminal offense. it is the comparable as downloading track from the internet without permission from the artist that did the track. those form of people matter on the money of the sales of what they have worked on. the easy e book can take as much as 3 even 4 years to jot down. ask your self might you like it if somebody might provide away something you worked on and gave it away for unfastened? If no longer then you definitely've spoke back your man or woman question no rely if it is against the regulation.
2016-12-10 05:54:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's copyrighted material. That means it is the intellectual property of someone. How would you feel if you had spent 10 years researching and writing a book, and then someone puts it on the Internet for free - and nobody buys your book any more. It is THEFT and I hope you're punished to the full extent of the law.
2007-07-08 09:39:23 · answer #5 · answered by Mordent 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can. You better hire a lawyer and take down the website before you get in more trouble.
Why did you think you could do this? One reason authors write books is to make a living. Where do you think authors are going to get a living wage if they give their books away for free.
2007-07-08 09:40:36 · answer #6 · answered by John A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your actions violate the rights of the license holder. They wouldn't fall under fair use.
2007-07-08 09:34:16 · answer #7 · answered by pure_genius 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋