Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0006416, Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:14:34 -0800

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Photocopying: "Poems & problems" and "Poems"]]]
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Subject: Re: copies of "Poems & problems" and "Poems"]]
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:52:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Kevin Troy <kevin@useless.net>

> From: Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com>
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> Since everyone has been so discouraging, maybe I should remind you that
> you can borrow either book by interlibrary loan. At least that's how
> I read _Poems and Problems_. Doing so will also give you a chance to
> think about the ethics of photocopying short, out-of-print, and
> expensive books.

If I may, I'd like to stress that there is an even more complicated
ethics
involved in photocopying short, out-of-print, expensive _library_ books;
please be kind to the binding when copying anything from a library.