Re: Copyrighting/Patenting a Conlang

I disagree. I can make a copy of the book. I am just required to destroy the
copy when I sell or lend it. Unless I hand over the copy to whomever I sell
it to.

-----Original Message-----
From: jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM [mailto:jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM]
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 2:15 PM
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
Subject: Re: Copyrighting/Patenting a Conlang


Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> Really? I thought private use was outside the scope of copyright. After
> all, you *are* allowed to make a copy of a works for private use.
> Everything I know about American copyright law is that private use is an
> exception.
Not that either.  I can't make a copy of a book I own for private use, for
then I could sell the book to someone else (the first-sale doctrine) and
keep the copy for myself, to the detriment of the author/publisher.  This
is hard to enforce, but it is the law.