Charging the net....

[Peter da Silva]

In article <PBX8114w164w at mantis.co.uk> mathew at mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes:
> ; and you can't make copies of the
> telephone directory and sell them just because the telephone company doesn't
> try to make a profit on them.

Actually, according to a recent court decision, you can. I suppose BT has
a different environment to operate in...

> For free, yes; you can give a book to a friend. For profit, no; you can't
> lend a book, hire it out or re-sell it. Not legally, anyway; again, in
> practise the publishers turn a blind eye to people selling second-hand books
> for charity, on market stalls, and so on.

And how about second hand book stores? Or don't you have those in England?
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