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<blockquote data-quote="Caerin" data-source="post: 4744127" data-attributes="member: 3991"><p>While I agree with the other parts of your message not copied, I do not believe this to be entirely accurate under US law. Fair use (17 USC 107) does not provide percentages or hard-and-fast rules for what is or is not a fair use. There are fair use guidelines which do describe percentages in this manner, but those guidelines are not the law and are not safe harbors. Fair use is decided on a case-by-case basis using the four factors set forth in the law. </p><p></p><p>However, the law generally covers public rather than private uses (ie., public display, public distribution). You can very likely make a copy of your own legally acquired book without infringing in most situations, provided that you do not redistribute that copy (which may or may not be infringing depending on the fair use analysis or other claimed exemption). Case law has thus far mostly supported the concepts of space shifting and time shifting. This does not necessarily apply to digital copies; the anti-circumvention clause of the DMCA prohibits you from circumventing technological protection measures even when they otherwise might be legal. Additionally, software backup has its own exemption in the law in 17 USC 117. </p><p></p><p>At any rate, this is an Internet forum and anyone reading should research the matter and decide for his or her self. ^_^</p><p></p><p>For myself, I have always purchased both the physical book and the pdf. I tend to work late, and I generally purchase the pdf as soon as it's released. I was planning on doing so with Arcane Power, so I sincerely hope that the pdf will be released as originally scheduled. It's a slim hope at this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caerin, post: 4744127, member: 3991"] While I agree with the other parts of your message not copied, I do not believe this to be entirely accurate under US law. Fair use (17 USC 107) does not provide percentages or hard-and-fast rules for what is or is not a fair use. There are fair use guidelines which do describe percentages in this manner, but those guidelines are not the law and are not safe harbors. Fair use is decided on a case-by-case basis using the four factors set forth in the law. However, the law generally covers public rather than private uses (ie., public display, public distribution). You can very likely make a copy of your own legally acquired book without infringing in most situations, provided that you do not redistribute that copy (which may or may not be infringing depending on the fair use analysis or other claimed exemption). Case law has thus far mostly supported the concepts of space shifting and time shifting. This does not necessarily apply to digital copies; the anti-circumvention clause of the DMCA prohibits you from circumventing technological protection measures even when they otherwise might be legal. Additionally, software backup has its own exemption in the law in 17 USC 117. At any rate, this is an Internet forum and anyone reading should research the matter and decide for his or her self. ^_^ For myself, I have always purchased both the physical book and the pdf. I tend to work late, and I generally purchase the pdf as soon as it's released. I was planning on doing so with Arcane Power, so I sincerely hope that the pdf will be released as originally scheduled. It's a slim hope at this point. [/QUOTE]
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