Archive for the ‘Law & Ethics’ Category

Why can we get Ebooks for our kids in school?


Those backpacks weigh like 40-60 pounds, dont we have the technology already to move to ebooks for kids>?

How do you write a publisher for permission to copy materials?


I know that they will some times give that permission for educational use, but I’ve never asked for permission before. How do I find an address to contact the publisher? What information should I include?

The publisher I’m most interested in is Jossey-Bass.

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could i reproduce published books and sell them as e-books?


i’ve heard there is a certain date that if published before, the book would be public domain and available for me to copy and sell as an ebook. is this true and, if so, what is the date to determine by?

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Can I publish my book over the internet for free?


I wrote a study guide for a Sun java (programming) exam. I want to know is this book legal. Please feel kind to read this and provide an accurate answer for me.

Sun microsystems, the owner of the Java technology conducts several examinations in world wide as such as SCJP and SCWCD. There are many study guides are available for these examinations. But, there are no study guide currently available for the latest version of _____* exam. Because of this, it is very very hard to study for this exam. We have to read number of books, browse internet for so many web sites, to study for this examination. The exam content has a very large scale.

I wrote a study guide for this exam, by extracting contents from ebooks, web sites and some other several resources. I directly extracted some contents from more than 50 copywritten resources. However, I also added my own instructions too.

As those copywritten resources says, it is prohibit to extract their content and/or publish. How ever I did it, and maked my own study guide in pdf (ebook) format.

I know it is illegal. But, please feel kind to read the rest.

Now I have my study guide in pdf format. I can make a separate web site, only for this study guide, and allow anyone to download this pdf file for free. If I do it, my study guide will be the first and only study guide currently available for this ____* exam. I post this question before doing it!

I wrote this study guide to help others. I don’t wish to earn anything from it. My ambition with this ebook is to help other peoples those who are preparing for this exam. This is the only, only, and only purpose of writing this ebook.

Therefore I want to publish this ebook as I said above, even though it is an illegal task.

I added my name and country in this ebook. But I didn’t added my address or any other contact information. I mentioned in “preface”, that I extracted some content from other resources. Now my question is this. Under the above scenario, what will happen if I publish this book on a separate web site, as I mentioned above? My country is Sri Lanka, but I didn’t publish my contact info, so can they caught me for this in any way?

I also want to know, whether I’m doing a good job or bad job?

Please feel kind to provide accurate answers and comments.

* : In the above question, I didn’t mentioned the name of this exam, to be hidden from search engines.

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if ive sold an e-book online which has been bought by US customers, do i need to register copyright?


ive been selling this ebook since 2005, but it says on copyright.gov that i need to register copyright with them within 3 months if i publish a work in the us?! I am a UK citizen. I sell my product online over UK webspace which US people buy which counts as publication in the US to them.

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