jimwig
Active member
trying to get some feed back concerning this most available and controversial topic
the topic being the downloading of properties (in this case books) from file transfer protocol sites.
i have gotten books from ftp sites in the past.
i rationalize it by saying if the books were not available i could never afford to buy the books and therefore the profit from sales is a mute point.
i could use local libraries and interlibrary loan but this would necessitate zeroxing for my own study and use. this is almost the same as downloading but not quite.
i however will not market the downloads. that is a clearcut violation.
this gray area is contentional. i live vicariously and am generally speaking homeless on a VA pension. i think i would curtail doing this is i thought real harm was being done by my actions.
please tell me what you think.
the topic being the downloading of properties (in this case books) from file transfer protocol sites.
i have gotten books from ftp sites in the past.
i rationalize it by saying if the books were not available i could never afford to buy the books and therefore the profit from sales is a mute point.
i could use local libraries and interlibrary loan but this would necessitate zeroxing for my own study and use. this is almost the same as downloading but not quite.
i however will not market the downloads. that is a clearcut violation.
this gray area is contentional. i live vicariously and am generally speaking homeless on a VA pension. i think i would curtail doing this is i thought real harm was being done by my actions.
please tell me what you think.