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Is it infringement to distribute paid download e-books?

Is it infringement to disseminate paid download e-books? E-books are gradually entering people's lives. E-books can be viewed on a handheld reading device or read on a computer screen. So is it infringement to spread paid download e-books? Purchasing a book due to copyright infringement is only to obtain the ownership of the book, without reaching an agreement with the copyright owner and explicitly authorizing it, or licensing or transferring the rights based on the copyright owner's unilateral will. This does not mean that the copyright attached to the book carrier is also generalized or specific. transfer. Assuming that there is no provision for fair use in Article 22 of the Copyright Law, the act of making a few electronic copies of a book and distributing it through information networks may violate the author's information network dissemination rights and reproduction rights. The right of information network dissemination, according to Article 10, Paragraph 1, Item (12) of the Copyright Law, refers to: providing works to the public through wired or wireless means so that the public can obtain the works at a time and place of their personal choosing. right. The right to reproduce, according to Article 10, Paragraph 1, Item (5), refers to the right to make one or more copies of a work by printing, copying, rubbing, recording, videotaping, ripping, or photocopying. Due to the particularity of the carrier of electronic books, without copyright protection measures, copying book contents has become more convenient in the Internet age. And once the cost of reproduction drops, the economic interests of copyright owners, including distribution, will be vulnerable to varying degrees of damage. Therefore, as a remedy to the copyright owner, the law clearly stipulates that if the copyright owner has not permitted others to copy or transfer the right of reproduction and does not have reasonable use, no one may copy his or her work. In addition, Article 22, Paragraph 1 (1) of the Copyright Law stipulates: In the following circumstances, the work may be used without the permission of the copyright owner and without payment of remuneration to the copyright owner, but the name of the author and the title of the work must be specified, and no infringement shall be allowed. Other rights enjoyed by copyright holders in accordance with this law: (1) Use others’ published works for personal study, research or appreciation; (2) Individuals are different from private persons, the former refers to the actor’s own use of works, while the latter refers to Others disseminate their works to the public through interactive methods (information network transmission methods) and instruct their works to be used only for private purposes. This is so-called private use, but it is not personal use in the sense of copyright restrictions. If you want to know more, please call Bajie Intellectual Property online customer service. Bajie Intellectual Property focuses on: intellectual property business directions such as trademarks, patents, copyrights, and domain names. There are three main business segments: conventional intellectual property, foreign-related intellectual property, and intellectual property transactions. A dark horse enterprise in the Internet + intellectual property industry.