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Many of them do already and have for decades
by steve1977 18d ago
Many of them do already and have for decades
- david-gpu 18d agoCan you please provide a specific example?
- delecti 18d agoPick up nearly any published book. Turn to the ~3rd page. There will be either a whole page, or sometimes the second half of a page, dedicated to a copyright notice. Very nearly every published book I've ever seen has that identical page. This isn't a recent thing. I grabbed my copy of Diaspora by Greg Egan and opposite the table of contents is a page that starts like this: Copyright (C) 1998, 2015 by Greg Egan First Night Shade Books edition 2015 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher, blah blah (it felt very ironic to transcribe that bit in particular to make this point)
- steve1977 18d agoThis is what I meant.
- david-gpu 18d agoStandard copyright boilerplate. Not terms of service distinct from copyright, which is the subject of this thread.
- delecti 18d agoIf you read the whole copyright page of a book and come away with the conclusion that it's anything but terms of use for the book, then we'll just have to agree to disagree.
- david-gpu 18d agoThe thread is about terms of use separate from copyright law. It is the whole premise.
- cornholio 17d agoYou do not have a contract with the publishers of the book. They are visibly asserting their copyright to deter any defense of ignorance or implied grant of rights to an infringer; but that's not a contract, you did not agree to it before purchasing, there are no contractual terms (scope, duration, faults and compensation, resolution etc.) and nothing in it exceeds the limits the copyright law already sets. For example, never will you see printed in a book something like "this book is for the exclusive use of the purchaser and you cannot lend, resale or otherwise make available to other parties" - if such a thing was possible, like most software EULAs do, publishers would be all over it.