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Photocopying entire book

  • 26-01-2012 5:43pm
    #1
    El Inho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭


    It's not illegal...just frowned upon...and we all do it!

    Basically the lecturer has us using his own book and i wanna save money. He said there is a copy in the library which we may copy.

    My question is - is there anywhere in Limerick you can bring a book, and for a nice fair fee get it completely copied and bound?

    I studied in the Netherlands and such a service existed.
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  • #2
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    Not sure about that but this is an idea;

    http://www.instructables.com/id/Quickly-Scan-a-Textbook-With-a-Camera/


  • #3
    tommy21
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭tommy21


    To my knowledge, it is illegal to photocopy more than 5% of a publication, unless its copyright has lapsed or you own it. Still nobody seems to care too much about enforcing it, several places in Cork near UCC do it. Can't recommend where you are though.


  • #4
    El Inho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭El Inho


    well i could just photocopy it myself...but that would cut the costs...

    its an option! thanks!


  • #5
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    be easier source yourself a ready made pdf of the book if you can


  • #6
    Chris Martin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭Chris Martin


    Yeah if you find a copy of the book online in pdf format,
    Bound to be available somewhere,
    Save it and print off pages when you need to I'd say,
    Save you money photocopying pages you're not going to use


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  • #7
    needacchelp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭needacchelp


    Following on from what Cydoniac said, you could use the info here http://www.diybookscanner.org/ and start making proper eBooks of everything!

    Maybe you could even charge Glucksman for digitizing all their stuff...not sure how copyright would work with textbooks but surely they've a lot of FYP's and Dissertations etc from a few years back that'd all be stuck in hardcopy...


  • #8
    randylonghorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    eldwaro wrote: »
    It's not illegal ...
    It is actually! :)


  • #9
    El Inho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭El Inho


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    It is actually! :)

    its more like masterbating on a plane....

    thanks a lot bin laden


  • #10
    randylonghorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Not half as enjoyable though.

    And let's be clear, I really don't care whether you do or don't (do either).

    But you said that it wasn't illegal, in fact, that's how you opened this thread. I pointed out that you were incorrect, that's all.

    And you'll probably find that there aren't too many places set up or willing to do it, given that it is illegal.

    Btw, most lecturers don't own the copyright even in their own books, or at least not wholly ... the publishers usually own it outright or on a shared basis ... so even lecturers can't normally *legally* give you permission to copy even a book which they wrote themselves.


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