Amazon Kindle: want?

[man on the moon]

guys... think about all the trees you will save, and all the poshness you will lose...

[chedabob]

If I bought a kindle, I'd set up the Ebook in Utorrent, walk to the library, borrow the book, read it on my Kindle, delete it, and then take the book back. I'd say that comes under fair use.

[rounds1]

Originally Posted by chedabob

If I bought a kindle, I'd set up the Ebook in Utorrent, walk to the library, borrow the book, read it on my Kindle, delete it, and then take the book back. I'd say that comes under fair use.

I don't understand how this works...?

[chedabob]

Originally Posted by rounds1

I don't understand how this works...?

If I go to the library, I can borrow the book legally. Now downloading an Ebook is effectively the same thing if I delete it once I've read it. Physically borrowing it from the library is a bit pointless, but legally it's slightly better.

[man on the moon]

Originally Posted by rounds1

I don't understand how this works...?

just like copying the CDs you got because you own them and you, in theory, allowed to back them up?

[rounds1]

Originally Posted by chedabob

If I go to the library, I can borrow the book legally. Now downloading an Ebook is effectively the same thing if I delete it once I've read it. Physically borrowing it from the library is a bit pointless, but legally it's slightly better.

So you're going to scan the book yourself?

I guess where you're confusing me is: 1. how and why are you taking the book from the library AND dl'ing it to the Kindle; and 2. I thought we've established that you can only DL books to your Kindle through Amazon or wherever?

[chedabob]

Originally Posted by rounds1

So you're going to scan the book yourself?

I guess where you're confusing me is: 1. how and why are you taking the book from the library AND dl'ing it to the Kindle; and 2. I thought we've established that you can only DL books to your Kindle through Amazon or wherever?

No, download the book "illegally", then use the Amazon official system to transfer it to the Kindle. Technically, if I legally borrow a book from a Library, using a digital version of it comes under fair use.

Also, you can transfer whatever you want to the Kindle. You can email it to Amazon and send it via Evdo, or they email you back a file that can be transferred via USB. The problem is, they might be checking the files for piracy.

[rounds1]

Ok...now we're on the same page. Didn't realize you could DL your own content to the Kindle.

[chedabob]

Originally Posted by rounds1

Ok...now we're on the same page. Didn't realize you could DL your own content to the Kindle.

Yeah, you can, but no doubt Amazon have some checking in place to make sure you aren't just downloading the stuff off The Pirate Bay. Judging by how sophisticated the plagiarism system is for UCAS (the University entrance thingy in the UK), I'd say it wouldn't be too hard to detect pirated Ebooks.

[Mallhew]

What about a library service?

Where you can look at a book for a certain period of time, at which point it's deleted from your Kindle?

That would rob Amazon of all profits.