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<blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4747861" data-attributes="member: 71571"><p>While I'm not an expert in Copyright Law in your country, there is a clause called 'Fair Use.' This gives the holder of Copyrighted material the ability and right to copy parts of the material for uses that are considered proper and right.</p><p></p><p>So, for example, copying character sheets is Fair Use. In fact, copying powers from the book to slip into cardstock for yourself and friends is Fair Use. There is nothing illegal about this. Lending your computer to a friend with the PDF on it is also fair use.</p><p></p><p>However, taking said PDF and distributing copies to those who do not own it is not generally fair use. You're not lending copies out, you're simply making copies. Mentioning the financial situation (I can't afford it) doesn't mitigate that. D&D books are not considered essential items, and are luxuries at best. </p><p></p><p>The original company doesn't need to prove that you're making a profit, that's a misconception. They merely need to determine if your actions had caused them damages. Had the distribution remained within your group, probably not; it's easy to prove that many groups get by with one copy of their books perchased, and that by that logic, you are not costing them a dime. No cost, no damages, no civil case.</p><p></p><p>However, one of those copies found its way onto a distribution site. It doesn't matter if you're the one who put them up there or not. You made copies that were not considered Fair Use, and in doing so, one of those copies were then copied many times over, and those are copies that translate directly into lost sales for them. They can prove damages in this case: lost money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DracoSuave, post: 4747861, member: 71571"] While I'm not an expert in Copyright Law in your country, there is a clause called 'Fair Use.' This gives the holder of Copyrighted material the ability and right to copy parts of the material for uses that are considered proper and right. So, for example, copying character sheets is Fair Use. In fact, copying powers from the book to slip into cardstock for yourself and friends is Fair Use. There is nothing illegal about this. Lending your computer to a friend with the PDF on it is also fair use. However, taking said PDF and distributing copies to those who do not own it is not generally fair use. You're not lending copies out, you're simply making copies. Mentioning the financial situation (I can't afford it) doesn't mitigate that. D&D books are not considered essential items, and are luxuries at best. The original company doesn't need to prove that you're making a profit, that's a misconception. They merely need to determine if your actions had caused them damages. Had the distribution remained within your group, probably not; it's easy to prove that many groups get by with one copy of their books perchased, and that by that logic, you are not costing them a dime. No cost, no damages, no civil case. However, one of those copies found its way onto a distribution site. It doesn't matter if you're the one who put them up there or not. You made copies that were not considered Fair Use, and in doing so, one of those copies were then copied many times over, and those are copies that translate directly into lost sales for them. They can prove damages in this case: lost money. [/QUOTE]
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