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| ▲ | fsckboy an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | from the about page: Standard Ebooks is organized as a “low-profit L.L.C.,” or “L3C,” a kind of legal entity that blends the charitable focus of a traditional not-for-profit with the ease of organization and maintenance of a regular L.L.C. corporations cannot make "personal copies" of copyrighted works, otherwise they'd buy just one copy of microsoft office | |
| ▲ | whamlastxmas an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | This isn't correct. It is infringement, for example, to write Harry Potter fan fiction in private on a typewriter, even if another soul never sees it. Copyright includes creation, not just distribution | | |
| ▲ | kec an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | What you describe would almost certainly be considered fair use until point of distribution - it’s non commercial, transformative and has no meaningful impact on the market value of Harry Potter. Copies for private use are going to be similar, and while I’m not a lawyer it feels like it’d be a hard case to make that work being conducted in private is going to have a meaningful impact on the market for Nancy Drew novels in the next 30 days. | |
| ▲ | panja an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Better let AO3 in on that |
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