[Buddha-l] Using (or not using) Library.nu

[Dante Rosati]

what would be the difference between downloading a book from this or
any of the many other similar sources, and taking a book out from a
library? is it only the same if you delete the pdf of the book after
two weeks? or what about borrowing a book from a friend? is it ok to
download the pdf from the person who is offering it if you "give it
back" to him after a reasonable amount of time?

and I'm not sure why its ok to download a pdf of a book you own, and
then distribute it (or parts of it) to others who do not own the book,
as Prof. Hayes does for his students?

musical scores have a "do not copy" notice, with an icon of a xerox
machine with a slash through it, and noone has ever paid any attention
to it, certainly least of all in any library I've ever been in, all of
which have xerox machines that are made extensive use of.


On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
> On Jul 19, 2011, at 0:56, Margaret Gouin <gouin.me at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Library.nu used to be gigapedia.com; yes lots of illegal books. I've
>> occasionally downloaded electronic copies of books I already own, for the
>> convenience of carrying some of my library in my netbook.
>
> I have done the same and drawn the line there. Once in a while I have downloaded a PDF to distribute to a class electronically, but only of something I already own and want to save myself the tedium of scanning. (Part of the craziness of budget cuts at a state university is that higher-paid faculty now do more of the work that lower-paid staff used to do before they were laid off in the name of balancing the state budget to create jobs.) I may download a whole book and then use my electronic scissors to cut out the one chapter I'd like for them to read and post it on line, which seems about the same as the old-fashioned method of putting a book on reserve in the library and assigning a chapter. Not that students read what's assigned, but that's another story for another day.
>
> Richard
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