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message 1: by R⭐ (last edited Jul 13, 2022 11:32PM) (new)


message 2: by R⭐ (last edited Jul 14, 2022 11:19AM) (new)

R⭐ (rrrrrrrrrr1234567890) | 119 comments That's true. But does that rule apply if the pdf is openly available on the Internet? As it is a free file, people have reuploaded it to other places, it is available for public access on free ebook sites and cloud/drive services. Also, it's available in the official wiki.

I could not find anything about that in the Librarians Manual. I sincerely don't know if that matter has been discussed before, but it would be worth adding more specifications to that rule. It seems like a "legal gap" to me.


message 3: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
⭐R⭐ wrote: "As it is a free file, people have reuploaded it to other places, it is available for public access on free ebook sites and cloud/drive services."

No, those do not help for this issue. (Also please note that even free ebooks generally have re-distribution limitations, and many such downloads are actually not legal.)


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