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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 1472834" data-attributes="member: 17551">Calico,Just got the re-direct from the other thread.Caveat:  I am a lawyer.Proviso:  I'd give you a lot better advise on getting a divorce or making a will than Intellectual Property issues.  Some of the game designers that frequent this board probably have a better understanding than I do.That said, as you can see from the conflicting answers of the people who've already chimed in, there is no cut and dry answer to the issue right now.  In the movie, literary, and music business, there's a lot of questions going around about what people are actually buying when they buy a DVD, book, or CD.  The general trend seems to be (at least from the producer's standpoint) that you are strictly buying the physical form of the merchandise and not purchasing any right to the information therein.  Personally, I think that's a bunch of horse-whooey!  However, I recently had an IP lawyer tell me with a straight face that it was illegal for someone to take a few CD's purchased themselves and make a mix-tape from the songs on those CD's for their own personal use.  She said that you'd be forclosing the right of the owners of that music from making a similar mix-tape and selling it to you.  (I'd like to see someone try to argue that in front of a grumpy appellate judge who's a music fan...)  Similarly, in your PDF question, hypothetically, you'd be foreclosing from the producer of the book, its ability to sell you a PDF version of the book.My first couse of action would be to contact the publisher.  With e-mail, you'll probably get a fairly quick response.  A smart publisher should give you some sort of refund, a new copy of the book, or maybe even some sort of electronic version.  Otherwise, return the book to Amazon and get your money back.  Amazon will, of course, return the book to the publisher and get their money back and the publisher will be out some dough.  As a last resort, if you can't get satisfaction from either party, I'd copy or scan the book myself for my own personal use.  Don't make multiple hard copies and give them out to your friends and don't post an electric copy on the Internet or anything silly like that.Good luck!R.A.</blockquote>

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