[gurps] 4th edition and ebooks?

[Bay Grabowski]

To be a little more clear, on the legal side of things, if I buy, say, 
Basic Set: Characters, then scan or download the books to make a PDF for 
backup just for personal use, this is still illegal? It seems kinda 
silly to ask the question, but it is of use to me, because hauling 
around a laptop is a lot easier than hauling around my entire GURPS 
collection when I'm heading to cons and the like.

It seems somewhat analogous to ripping a CD for using on my own MP3 player?

Anyhow, the legal part was just idle curiosity, I am more interested in 
how it plays.

Bay

Syndaryl wrote:
> From: Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>
>>> Explicitly illegal, unless you buy them (from e23).
>> if you are using it for your own use it not illegal
>> (fair-use apply)
> 
> That's not "Fair-use". "Fair use" is scanning or typing in a small part of the text (such as for a GM screen, a review, or a research paper on the subject). The whole thing is not "fair use". Copyright law is not about money, it's about the right to copy. You may be confusing trademark, which is a different issue and might apply to the GURPS logo, but not to the text of the book.
> 
> Emily
> 
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