Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Show only Search instead for. Did you mean:. Message 1 of 8. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Message 2 of 8. Message 3 of 8. Message 4 of 8. The book may have been licensed by the copyright holder, in this example, a bank. It is rarely obvious when infringement has occurred, though it happens often.
Message 5 of 8. Message 6 of 8. But how can you convert your books to PDF files? And what are the benefits of professional book scanning when compared to doing it yourself? However, there are methods for book and large format document scanning that can help you get on track to convert all of your books to digital format. The simplest way to scan book pages and turn them into a digital file is by using your mobile device. Today, there are plenty of free apps that allow you to scan the book page by page and then collect it into a single digital file.
This process can work great if you just need to share a few dozen pages with your colleagues — in a few minutes, you can have a ready to send digital file instead of having to do everything with a physical scanner.
For one thing, imagine scanning books to PDF when you have to go through dozens or even hundreds or large books. Flipping through page after page and scanning with your mobile device each time will get boring quickly, and the entire project might take weeks of rigorous, boring, and tiring work to complete. No one can be expected to take this much time scanning their books, and you would find yourself looking for how to scan a book to PDF approaches that are less demanding before you even got through the first one.
If you have a multi-function printer in your office, it could technically be used to scan your books and save you the trouble of having to purchase specialized book scanning equipment. The only problem is, this method will require you to cut or unbind the books so that the pages can lay flat on a scanning bed or be sheet fed. The scenario in which you copy a small part of a factual published work for distribution to a very limited group of people for personal educational use, who can already access a legal copy owned by the university, and you take steps to prevent more widespread distribution, seems completely fine under U.
However, distribution to a much larger group almost people in your class changes things, because it shifts the balance of the fourth factor away from fair use. Again, all four factors are relevant. As a reference: this sample campus copyright statement says that "making multiple copies of articles or book chapters for distribution to classmates Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Is it legal to share an electronic copy of a few book chapters? Ask Question. Asked 5 years, 11 months ago. Active 5 years, 11 months ago. Viewed 16k times. Improve this question. When you share a file with 93 people, that is very dissimilar to sharing it with one or two people. I'd have thought sharing with 1 person is technically illegal; the difference between sharing with 1 and sharing with 93 seems like merely a difference in magnitude of the offence.
You will get better answers if you write in which country you live. According to your profile this is South Africa. Legal situation may differ vastly depending on country! Which country are you in? Raphael South Africa — ahorn. Show 1 more comment.
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