On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 10:21:55AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Colin Watson writes: > > I thought lending was just a specialized form of distribution. > > Lending is not distribution at all. If I loan you a book and you read it > and give it back copyright has not been impinged upon. That's why public > libraries can exist.
The UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 covers lending to the public. See <http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/intellectual_property.htm>. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
