Best guide! - and a question for Linda

[bill deutschman]

Ed & Others who have contacted me privately;

I just looked at several of my Camino guides and books including "The Pilgrims
Guide to Santiago de Compostela."  They all have a section near the front that
says:

 "No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,
or transmitted, in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission" (reproduced
from the Pilgrims Guide);

or something very close to that.  Look in the front of most any book and you
will see something similar.  It sure doesn't say that it is OK to copy the
material if you purchased the book.

I didn't mean to start a flame war or to offend anyone.  It just seemed to me
that pilgrims are on the Camino for spiritual and/or religious reasons and
 would be following a higher moral path than the general population.  (Besides,
on a worldly level, it probably costs nearly as much to copy the entire book as
to buy it and you have half the weight as it is copied on both sides of a
page.)

Sorry if my postings offended anyone as I was just raising "my" concerns.
  Each person has to follow his/her conscious.

bill

bill deutschman
455 hillside avenue
klamath falls, or 97601
olcbillafireserve.net


-----Original Message-----
From:   Ed [SMTP:ed_maddenaLINEONE.NET]
Sent:   Wednesday, October 17, 2001 5:08 PM
To:     GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
Subject:        Re: Best guide! - and a question for Linda

 << File: ATT00003.html >> My understanding is that the idea of copyright laws
are there to prevent
fraudulent profit/gain at the expense of the original author.

However if one copies an entire book purely for one's own personal and
private use only, then that is not an infringement of the law.  This is
tantamount to committing the whole book to one's own memory and recalling it
later and so is not illegal though it would be quite some challenge!

As regards the Camino itself, I have been lurking on this newsgroup for some
months now and have finally decided that I will be setting out next May
2002.

Look forward to hopefully meeting some of you guys along the Way.

Ed
(Ware, Herts, UK)

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: bill deutschman
  To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
  Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 9:26 PM
  Subject: Re: Best guide! - and a question for Linda


  I find it interesting that an author, on a list dedicated to a religious
  pilgrimage suggests that one should copy an entire book which probably
violates
  copyright laws.  Why not just tear the pages out of the book and use them as
  suggested.

  You can always buy a second book if you want it for reference when you get
  home.

  bill

  bill deutschman
  455 hillside avenue
  klamath falls, or 97601
  olcbillafireserve.net


  -----Original Message-----
  From:   Maria Schell [SMTP:mariaschellaEARTHLINK.NET]
  Sent:   Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:02 PM
  To:     GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
  Subject:        Re: Best guide! - and a question for Linda

  here is a great idea, for those interested in Linda's book.  Photocopy the
  pages into packets that you can throw away as you walk.  To minimize the
  amount of packets in your bag, mail portions to the post office of major
  cities, the same way that you can mail things to yourself in Santiago.  As
  you pass through the cities you can pick up the portions for the next part
  of your walk.
  Maria
  PS-if your looking for a small book to take with, may I suggest ours My
  father, My daughter, that is quite compact.  Look for it at
  www.caminopilgrim.net
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