news.com.com— The British Library has called for a "serious updating" of current copyright law to "unambiguously" include digital content and take technological advances into account.
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We do but they are not as draconion as the USA.Primary infringement is of course illegal.However secondary infringement is perfectly legal. (For example, I can buy fake DVDs from my local market or buy mp3s from allofmp3 without fear of prosecution)
i think its more likelly they dont want someone whos been studying a book for hours, to not realize that hes not writing on his notepad anymore and instead is scribbling notes inside the actually book
US citizens can buy DVDs on the street and mp3s from AllofMP3 without fear of prosecution too. Nobody has ever been prosecuted for 'buying' these items.
The British Library management need to live in the real world.They have websites (they are an ISP) that can only be accessed by modem. Hello!Years ago I kindly informed them, all books in the UK needed to be made available to the BL digitally (requiring a change in law) and their whole collection digitised. At the time this was deemed impossible. M m m I no longer use them for research. Too slow guys. Too slow.Copyright? Belongs with dust and their crumbling collection. Ask the BL what a library is? Too hard? Is it a store of knowledge or a paper collection? No wonder it used to be in a museum.What is needed is British Library Wikipedia. By the time they get around to it, we will be somewhere else . . .
Yez70 - I didn't realize that. (I wasn't trying to make a "we are better than you" type of pissing contest point)But I did read somewhere on digg a while back that the legality of allofmp3 in the usa was a little open to legal interpretation for personal consumers in view of 17 U.S.C. § 602(a)(1)-(3).However, in the UK ,the law is absolutely crystal clear (its even written in plain English!), it's legal without qualification, period.
Closed AccountSep 26, 2006
Freedom for life!/me is a GNU/Linux user. ;-)
deutSep 26, 2006
We do but they are not as draconion as the USA.Primary infringement is of course illegal.However secondary infringement is perfectly legal. (For example, I can buy fake DVDs from my local market or buy mp3s from allofmp3 without fear of prosecution)
keloranSep 26, 2006
i think its more likelly they dont want someone whos been studying a book for hours, to not realize that hes not writing on his notepad anymore and instead is scribbling notes inside the actually book
yez70Sep 26, 2006
US citizens can buy DVDs on the street and mp3s from AllofMP3 without fear of prosecution too. Nobody has ever been prosecuted for 'buying' these items.
lobsterSep 26, 2006
The British Library management need to live in the real world.They have websites (they are an ISP) that can only be accessed by modem. Hello!Years ago I kindly informed them, all books in the UK needed to be made available to the BL digitally (requiring a change in law) and their whole collection digitised. At the time this was deemed impossible. M m m I no longer use them for research. Too slow guys. Too slow.Copyright? Belongs with dust and their crumbling collection. Ask the BL what a library is? Too hard? Is it a store of knowledge or a paper collection? No wonder it used to be in a museum.What is needed is British Library Wikipedia. By the time they get around to it, we will be somewhere else . . .
saoshyantSep 26, 2006
Er, there's Wikibooks.org already. If you meant they should be allowed publicly, remember that most books aren't in the public domain (unfortunately).
deutSep 26, 2006
Yez70 - I didn't realize that. (I wasn't trying to make a "we are better than you" type of pissing contest point)But I did read somewhere on digg a while back that the legality of allofmp3 in the usa was a little open to legal interpretation for personal consumers in view of 17 U.S.C. § 602(a)(1)-(3).However, in the UK ,the law is absolutely crystal clear (its even written in plain English!), it's legal without qualification, period.