Re: Re: Scanning books into electronic format

johnmcn[_at_]bellsouth.net wrote on 9/5/2006 4:55 PM:

>Conversion from printed form to an electronic form is likely also a derivative work (not merely just a copy or reproduction) and the right to create derivative works is also an exclusive right of the copyright owner.
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The US copyright law explicitly permits the owner of a copy of a work to make backups . Received on Wed Sep 06 2006 - 19:45:00 GMT