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Is Stevens vol. 2 in the public domain now? If not, that's pretty poor form, linking to a scanned pdf of the book.
by HenryR 16y ago
Is Stevens vol. 2 in the public domain now? If not, that's pretty poor form, linking to a scanned pdf of the book.
- uxp 16y agoNo, actually it's not public domain. The 19th edition was printed and released in 2005. Pearson looks like it actively tries to protect it's copyrights to the series as well: http://www.foo.be/docs/TCPIP-Illustrated-1/ http://www.foo.be/docs/TCPIP-Illustrated-1/
- doki_pen 16y agoWouldn't that be fair use? Do you have issue with the content being posted, or the fact that it's scanned?
- estel 16y agoQuoting parts of the book to support some points made in the article would fall under fair use, but linking to a scan of the entire book would not.
- btilly 16y agoHosting a scan is not fair use, but linking to a copyright violation is not generally a copyright violation. Though a few courts have ruled that it can be if done for the specific purpose of knowingly disseminating illegal material. See http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi#QID152 http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi#QID152 for more.
- derrickpetzold 16y agoIts not because if you are a FreeBSD developer it is already assumed that you own every copy of Steven's books next to the shrine of him in your basement. So linking to a digital scan is not infringement its just convenience.