Re: Re: Re: Scanning books into electronic format

From: Wallace J.McLean <ag737[_at_]freenet.carleton.ca>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:05:45 -0400

> According to Canadian Law, you need the
> permission of the owner the copyright of a document(even when the
> documentis available for free by the owner) , to print it, to
> digitige it, to copy
> it, to transform it, etc. for personnal use.

> That's the law.

No, that's an interpretation of the law, and, worse, almost certailny an incorrect one which runs into the inconvenient little thing called the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in CCH v. LSUC.

Where does your assessment of Canadian copyright law come from? Received on Sat Sep 09 2006 - 00:05:45 GMT

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