[free-sklyarov] Real eBook piracy vs. imagined piracy

[David Haworth]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 03:22:39PM -0400, Richard M. Smith wrote:
> The lawsuit seems to turn on the simple question: Does the definition of
> a book encompass eBooks?  For some reason, the publishing industry seems
> to be very quiet about this lawsuit in stark contrast to the AAP's press
> release cheering on the DOJ for arresting Dmitry.

That's interesting. If Random House loses, they have to withdraw
all their eBooks pending permission from the authors.

But if Random House wins, there's a court precedent that eBook == book.
Which could be used in further cases when the eBook technology denies
you activities that are expected with normal books.

Another interesting thing is that Random House are sueing Rosetta. But
Rosatta have acted in good faith by obtaining permission from the
authors of these books for the new editions. They ought to be
sueing the authors of the books...

-- 
David Haworth
Baiersdorf, Germany
david.haworth at altavista.net