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Posted Feb 11th, 2012
If I purchased an online text book, could I allow others to read it?

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I would have it as a read only file that users could access at the same time. There would only be
one book still, but other could view it at the same time. It would be like uploading a song that
many users could listen to at once, but they could not make copies of it.
Legal Topic Area: Business Law in OH

Each of the multiple-access views would constitute an impermissible copy for purposes of the Copyright Act. It would be acceptable to have a single file that you passed around, but if it is displayed on multiple devices, each view is a "copy" and a violation.


Answered on Feb 11th, 2012 at 12:29pm