About Books and resources

Question

Guys. How it is possible that some user share copyrighted books on sololearn free of cost. Do they have author permission or is the book an open source.. Please clear my confusion

Answer 1

Some publishing houses do their marketing this way. For example, packtpub.com (which I update information about on a daily basis) shares one full e-publication per day. The only condition is to refister for free on their website.
However, the daily e-book is random and if you really want a certain publication for free, you might have to wait a while... ;)

https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/444755/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/447092/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/476426/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/478620/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/517058/?ref=app

Answer 2

Then give a clear cut example :)
Do you have a particular user or Q&A thread in mind?

Answer 3

@Divided Attention
1. does the copyright of the book permit distribution ?
2. from which resource did you get the book?
3. do you have the permission of the original author for publishing in your website ?
4. giving credits to author is not useful, if it's an copyright protected item and you publishing without their explicit permission a strict no!
5. check the copyright and seek permission if it's copyright is still active { copyrights can expire }

Answer 4

@Divided Attention
very well, do as you wish. but be careful ! 😀

Answer 5

nope i dont have any particular user in my mind. just clearing some confusion.Thanks anyway

Answer 6

sharing books in PDF is against the copyright ?

Answer 7

for example we share some goods books in our website without the knowledge of the original authors is it considered copyright violation?
but we are still giving the credits to the original authors..
can we share for the shake of our people for educational purposes

Answer 8

i just want to share the books from maz PDF resources to the people of our state
some books are copyright protected
but maz is still sharing
so i think i can share those pdf
what do think think @lord krishna
what should I do?

Answer 9

if I go to jail for helping people to learn code 😂
that's not fair bro!!

Answer 10

bera ni mai answer se

Answer 11

Thanks man. But I need a clear cut answer.