Rett,

Well I am not a lawyer, but the logic to my mind is that the scheme you
propose is a rough equivalent to publishing. You replace money for a
registration process, and the file is available for download which is the
'file sharing' model.

The larger issue still remains: the PTS, for example, does not want the
Dictionary available in this way and finding some tricky way to get around
the law is going to cause bad feelings.

I think this problem needs to be dealth with straight up. There is the
matter of example to the community to consider. The fact is that there are
wealthy Buddhists out there and that I am sure if they saw the issues
clearly they would be willing to put up the money. I am equally convinced
that both the PTS and Wisdom would welcome an addition to their cash
reserves for publication of hard copy books. They too only need to be
educated to the fact or likelihood that a digital version of their works
(which I am willing to speculate would be on the net in a matter of weeks at
no cost to them whatsoever) would only promote hard copy sales, not detract
from them. Additionally there is nothing in the Public License that would
prevent them from coming out with their own, 'For Sale' digital version.

Take Care;
and may your life be long and happy!
Michael Olds

-----Original Message-----
From: rett [mailto:rett@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 4:32 AM
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Pali] Re: PTS dic --public domain? & Skt materials

>
>
>I think this would definately line up the situation with the MP3 debate
>which is being lost by the public; essentially you are 'file sharing'. I
>think this move would invite problems.
>

Hi,

I was thinking along the lines of having to place a unique e-mail
request for each file. So it wouldn't be different than sending a
xerox copy to someone who asks, except that it's done electronically.
To me, this seems a bit different than music file-sharing. Or???

/Rett

>
>>On the other hand: an individual may copy a work for his own use; and
>>may make individual (the idea is one at a time; one may not 'publish'
>>which means make available for public use) copies for distribution
>
>Might the following idea be okay then?
>
>Suppose e-editions are made of copyrighted but rare and out-of-print
>works, and they are put on a website for download. _But_ in order to
>download them,you have to first place a request with the owner of the
>site to get an access code.
>
>In this way, you are (debatably) making one copy at a time in
>response to individual requests. The world of Pali studies is small
>enough that the number of requests probably won't be overwhelming.
>
>best regards
>
>/Rett

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