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<blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 1560011" data-attributes="member: 2013">Let me append Difference #3.When you are browsing through a book in the store, THAT COPY HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR (by the store owner).&nbsp; The control of that particular copy is out of the hands of the copyright owner, because he has been paid (Doctrine of First Sale, remember).&nbsp; If the copyright owner doesn't want you to browse, tough for him - he has no say in what can be done with that copy; rather, the owner of the bookstore now has control of that copy.&nbsp; If the owner of the bookstore doesn't want you to browse, he can take the copy away from you, kick you off the premises, and so forth.&nbsp; The store owner is in control of that copy, and it is at his pleasure and whim that you are legally allowed browse or not.When you are browsing through a PDF that you downloaded, THAT COPY HAS NOT BEEN PAID FOR.&nbsp; The control of that particular copy is still in the hands of the copyright owner, because he has not been paid.&nbsp; It is at the pleasure and whim of the copyright holder as to whether you are legally allowed to browse or not.Browsing is NOT a right, it's just a privilege that most bookstore owners provide you, allowing you to make use of their (paid-for) copy.Geez, now I sound an awful lot like a soulless copyright holder, huh? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Seriously, though... all I'm trying to do is follow the logic and get something that is universally consistent. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />--The Sigil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Sigil, post: 1560011, member: 2013"] Let me append Difference #3. When you are browsing through a book in the store, THAT COPY HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR (by the store owner). The control of that particular copy is out of the hands of the copyright owner, because he has been paid (Doctrine of First Sale, remember). If the copyright owner doesn't want you to browse, tough for him - he has no say in what can be done with that copy; rather, the owner of the bookstore now has control of that copy. If the owner of the bookstore doesn't want you to browse, he can take the copy away from you, kick you off the premises, and so forth. The store owner is in control of that copy, and it is at his pleasure and whim that you are legally allowed browse or not. When you are browsing through a PDF that you downloaded, THAT COPY HAS NOT BEEN PAID FOR. The control of that particular copy is still in the hands of the copyright owner, because he has not been paid. It is at the pleasure and whim of the copyright holder as to whether you are legally allowed to browse or not. Browsing is NOT a right, it's just a privilege that most bookstore owners provide you, allowing you to make use of [b]their[/b] (paid-for) copy. Geez, now I sound an awful lot like a soulless copyright holder, huh? ;) Seriously, though... all I'm trying to do is follow the logic and get something that is universally consistent. ;) --The Sigil [/QUOTE]

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