Comment on Facebook scans system libraries on Android and uploads them to their serverparentComments−rocqua7yIf I buy a book, I'm allowed to read that book, but I am not allowed to copy it.−spunker5407yYou are allowed to copy it, you just can’t sell copies of it.−EarthMephit7yYou are not allowed to copy it, or sell copies of itUnder fair-use laws (which vary country to country), you can usually copy a small portion of the work for non-profit educational usehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use−rocqua7yThe first line of wikipedia: "Copyright is the exclusive right, given to the creator of a creative work, to reproduce the work"You probably won't be in trouble until you start trying to distribute your copies, but the prohibited thing is copying. Hence the term copy-right.−amelius7yWho says Facebook is copying it, not just reading it?
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If I buy a book, I'm allowed to read that book, but I am not allowed to copy it.
You are allowed to copy it, you just can’t sell copies of it.
You are not allowed to copy it, or sell copies of it
Under fair-use laws (which vary country to country), you can usually copy a small portion of the work for non-profit educational use
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
The first line of wikipedia: "Copyright is the exclusive right, given to the creator of a creative work, to reproduce the work"
You probably won't be in trouble until you start trying to distribute your copies, but the prohibited thing is copying. Hence the term copy-right.
Who says Facebook is copying it, not just reading it?