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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5986045" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Not quite right.&nbsp; Profit has nothing to do with it.&nbsp; Sharing among friends isn't an exception.&nbsp; You want to show a friend your book?&nbsp; Cool.&nbsp; You want to show that friend a photocopy of your book?&nbsp; Not so cool.You can republish excerpts for review purposes.&nbsp; You can cite sections in discussion to support research.&nbsp; You can make all the copies you want, if you own a legitimate copy and the others are for your personal use.If you sell or give away the original, you have to lose those &quot;personal use&quot; copies.&nbsp; You no longer have the right to make or possess those copies.&nbsp; That right went with the original.&nbsp; If you make the &quot;personal use&quot; copies available others, you're breaking the law.&nbsp; Loan out your original, if you like, but not the copies.Copyright is literally the right to copy.&nbsp; If you don't have it, don't do it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5986045, member: 6669384"] Not quite right. Profit has nothing to do with it. Sharing among friends isn't an exception. You want to show a friend your book? Cool. You want to show that friend a photocopy of your book? Not so cool. You can republish excerpts for review purposes. You can cite sections in discussion to support research. You can make all the copies you want, if you own a legitimate copy and the others are for your personal use. If you sell or give away the original, you have to lose those "personal use" copies. You no longer have the right to make or possess those copies. That right went with the original. If you make the "personal use" copies available others, you're breaking the law. Loan out your original, if you like, but not the copies. Copyright is literally the right to copy. If you don't have it, don't do it. [/QUOTE]

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