When the Sky is Like Lace

[abracanabra]

I picked up a copy of When the Sky is Like Lace from the library today. Now I have to resist that little demon that says I should steal it for myself. It's out of print;they couldn't get another one. I can't get another one...I don't have $300 to spare for a children's book....

So instead I'm scanning every single page.

I might have qualms about the morality of this, but it's out of print.

So I'm creating neat lj icons based on it.

My only internal debate? Whether or not I should set up a webpage that just holds the scanned images of the book. That might be a little (a lot) illegal. And it would probably be traceable back to me.

Comments

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

And here's another.

[swnoble.livejournal.com]

Like the one with the cat.

Re:

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

It's not a cat. It's an otter.

nice otter . .

[swnoble.livejournal.com]

that was a cat in a former life :)

[cuthalion.livejournal.com]

Legally speaking, yeah, publishing it on the web is pretty illegal, however, if someone decided they wanted to track you down, which is unlikely, they'd probably just send you a cease and desist letter before taking any action that you'd find less convenient.

[stephdray.livejournal.com]

There's a difference between illegal and actionable. Unless the damages would amount to more than some threshold amount that would push you over into the area of criminal copyright violation, it wouldn't be so much illegal, as actionable. Which may be a subtle distinction, but does have some moral shades of grey.

Actionable means that they can sue you for doing it, rather than your going to jail or having a criminal record. I hate to suggest the obvious, but I can't help myself... have you considered writing to the author or estate and asking them if it would be alright to do so?

The pro's are that if they say yes, you're golden. The cons are that if they say no, and you do it anyway, you can be sued for even more.