Digital Copyright Law question...
Jun. 13th, 2011 06:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
captain_slinkyAnybody know anything about Digital Copyright Law? Here's where I'm coming from, trying to decide if this is legal and/or just how legal it is...
Okay, so we know that it's legal to rip your own CD's to MP3 as long as you don't then redistribute the MP3.
Does that also translate to printed media? If I buy a new book, may I scan it in to .pdf files so that I can read it on my own personal eReader as long as I don't then attempt to redistribute the electronic files?
Apply that then to comic books. May I scan my comic book collection in to .cbr or .cbz files and use them for my own personal use?
And then the final question down this path... may I have somebody else do the scanning for me? Because if that's all legal, then I have an awesome idea for saving comic book shops across the country...
Okay, so we know that it's legal to rip your own CD's to MP3 as long as you don't then redistribute the MP3.
Does that also translate to printed media? If I buy a new book, may I scan it in to .pdf files so that I can read it on my own personal eReader as long as I don't then attempt to redistribute the electronic files?
Apply that then to comic books. May I scan my comic book collection in to .cbr or .cbz files and use them for my own personal use?
And then the final question down this path... may I have somebody else do the scanning for me? Because if that's all legal, then I have an awesome idea for saving comic book shops across the country...
