5 replies to this topic

[Morgan]

This is just a general warning for the buy/sell forum. Do NOT advertise electronic copies of books or prep tests for sale. Anyone caught doing so will be banned from the forums. Also, please don't be cute and think that keeping it all in private messages is a way to get around it either.

Thanks.

[pencil-skirt]

Why are .pdfs so illegal? What if people just want to email .pdfs (e.g. a trade) and not profit?

[Morgan]

The same as any other copyrighted material being posted without permission of the copyright owner.

Stuff in .pdf format is also being sold in printed form generally, and the people who make the money off those materials get kind of mad when their stuff is being passed around for free.

That anger gets directed at me, since I own the site where the stuff is being posted. And while I love threatening legal emails, I don't like them much if they are addressed to me.

So, that stuff stays off the site, LSAC and various publishers stay happy, I stay happy, site stays up.

That's about it.

[Captain Stubing]

That is correct. Profit is irrelevant in copyright matters, which for some reason, the general public doesn't seem to understand (I too, originally didn't).

[corporatejay]

Just want to chime in here.

Morgan and I are really happy with this board, it is something with we are proud of and we feel like it is a place where people can get some decent information about law school. The minute we start having to deal with legal issues is the minute this becomes more of a chore rather than something we enjoy doing.

So, although we encourage everyone to be as helpful as possible, please refrain from directing people to various illegal download sites for copywritten material, this will NOT be tolerated.


Please respect that,


Jason

[james09]

I agree with Jason, it is not good for the author of the PDF.