Book People Archive

Re: Re: What's Not in Gutenberg



On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Michael S. Hart wrote:

>Sorry, the US legal system does not recognize scans for copyright research,
>even though I am not sure they can always TELL a scan from a fax or xerox.
>            
>Michael      

I find that particularly amusing since our fax machine is also a printer.
Our fax machine can't even tell if the person at the other end is sending
the document from a fax machine, or from a scanner hooked up to a computer
with a modem.
The logic of law will always escape me, I fear...

>On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Rod Hay wrote:
>
>> I agree. I don't mind copying any information about copyright, but mailing a
>> photocopy means extra hassle. If we could simply scan the copyright pages and>> email them it would be much easier. Printed on a laser printer they are
>> indistinguishable from a photocopy.
>> 
>> Rod Hay
>> 
>> jrusk@[redacted] wrote:
>> 
>> > BTW I'm as guilty as anyone of not sending e-texts I've
>> > created to PG, mostly because the copyright check is a pain.
>>           
>> --
>> Rod Hay
>> rodhay@[redacted]

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