RE: [PHP] Re: Pirate PHP books online?
| From: | Richard Lynch | Date: | Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:55:09 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Re: Pirate PHP books online? | ||
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On Wed, July 18, 2007 9:19 pm, Jay Blanchard wrote:
> [snip]
> ...all manner of interesting debate...
> [/snip]
>
> What, exactly, is the difference between this particular brand of
> copyright infringement and taking the book from a bookstore without
> paying for it? Am I committing copyright infringement by standing in
> the
> store and reading the book?
Standing in a store and reading a book probably only violates store
policy.
The store being private property, all they can do is throw you out.
So if you want to visit a heck of a lot of Borders', you could
probably finish the dang thing. :-)
(But it will cost you more in gas than the book price, most likely)
--
Some people have a "gift" link here.
Know what I want?
I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist.
http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch
Yeah, I get a buck. So?