[free-sklyarov] Topicality

[Will Janoschka]

on Thu, 13 Sep 2001 David Haworth david.haworth at altavista.net said:

>The "read aloud" permission is a construct invented by the
>publishers (and ebook reader manufacturers) and has
>no legal standing in copyright law. Yet it is protected
>by laws intended to protect copyrights.

 That remains to be seen.  It could be that e-books have no
 copyright.  What is the tangible medium?  The publisher appears
 to be using my computer to do "something", then his (claimed)
 rights persist on my computer.  Case law prevents bundling,
 tying one product to another.                -will-