[OT]Re: Books...

[Manfred Nowak]

Yigal Chripun wrote:

> The torrent by itself should not be illegal.

I disagree.

A torrent is a machine made and machine readable citation of _some_ 
source. Without the content of the _original_ source a torrent would be 
meaningless. Therefore a torrent is purely mechanical "derived work" 
and _should_ require the same treatment as the original source. 


> Had I downloaded the book via the above torrent and than sent a
> paycheck to the authors, would I still be violating the copyright?

You _should_ be violating the copyright, because the content of the 
book is not licensed on a "try before you buy" basis "without the prior 
written permission".


> (which they could do simply because they prefer this method of
> downloading).

In some countries this might be called "gross negligence".

-manfred