Deb wrote:
> >Check the copyright and licensing, and if it seems questionable, I
> >recommend that you do not download the files. If you have already
> >downloaded the files, I recommend that you delete them from your
> >system if they seem to be of questionable legality.
Kelly wrote:
> Actually, you're under no obligation to delete them if you downloaded
> them innocently. The tort is committed by the operator of the site,
> who is probably looking at a massive copyright lawsuit any moment now.
Well, one of them is okay: Maximum RPM is actually available from
the www.rpm.org website :)
However, one of the smaller ones (I too am on a slow connection!)
has on page 2 a fairly standard copyright notice which says nothing
about being able to copy it freely. Some of the books cost about $40
at Amazon: if they -are- freely distributable, I'd be absolutely
delighted, but I think at least one of the user comments on amazon
would have mentioned it. Alas, they didn't.
Telsa
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