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Ferret7446last Monday at 4:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

Private reproductions are allowed (e.g. backups). Distributing them non-privately is not.


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masfuertelast Monday at 4:47 PM

Backups are permitted (and not for all media) when you legally acquired the source. Scanning a physical book is not a permitted backup, and neither is downloading a book from Anna's archive.

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gruezlast Monday at 7:35 PM

>Distributing them non-privately is not.

You can even distribute them, to some limits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild,_Inc._v._Google,....