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Posted Feb 10th, 2012
As a student, textbooks are a huge expense. I was wondering if it would be legal to purchase one
online textbook that the entire class could share?

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One person would own the book and all others could only view it. Would this be legal?
Legal Topic Area: Business Law in OH | 2 Answers

1st Answer

It is perfectly legal to allow others to look at a copyrighted work, so long as you do not make unpermitted copies of it.


Answered on Feb 11th, 2012 at 6:55am


Other Answers

Obviously you haven't taken the course in Intellectual Property Law yet. What part of the term "copyright infringement" or the Digital Millenium Copyright Act do you not understand?

Michael Caldwell

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Answered on Feb 13th, 2012 at 1:13pm