Comments on: Responses from the Kindle Bloggers http://www.edrants.com/responses-from-the-kindle-bloggers/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alder Yarrow http://www.edrants.com/responses-from-the-kindle-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-238731 Alder Yarrow Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:42:49 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7123#comment-238731 I'm pretty surprised that there are bloggers whose work appeared in the Kindle store without them knowing about it. It was a VERY involved process with lots of forms to sign, excel spreadsheets to fill out, and actually physical assets (logo files, screenshot images, etc.) to provide to them in order to get them set up to publish a feed. Not saying these people are being disengenuous, but there was clearly a very planned business and legal process that I had to go through to get Vinography on there. I’m pretty surprised that there are bloggers whose work appeared in the Kindle store without them knowing about it. It was a VERY involved process with lots of forms to sign, excel spreadsheets to fill out, and actually physical assets (logo files, screenshot images, etc.) to provide to them in order to get them set up to publish a feed.

Not saying these people are being disengenuous, but there was clearly a very planned business and legal process that I had to go through to get Vinography on there.

]]> By: A.R.Yngve http://www.edrants.com/responses-from-the-kindle-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-238722 A.R.Yngve Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:35:21 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=7123#comment-238722 I've made lots of short and long fiction available for free reading on my website. Instead of applying a Creative Commons license, I've retained traditional copyright, with an added statement that "Fair Use applies." Now... does my "Fair Use" rule cover the Kindle? If you define a Kindle device as a computer: Yes. Fair Use. (It's pointless to make special rules for special computers.) An individual Kindle user can download content from my website to his Kindle unit, no problemo. However: If a Kindle user copies content from my website, and then tries to pass on his own compilation of my work to other Kindle users: No. Not Fair Use. One specific reason I don't want users to *pass on* my work from their computers/devices is "creative control." I constantly update and improve the fiction on my website. A title copied from my website this year will look different from how the same title appears on my website next year. I’ve made lots of short and long fiction available for free reading on my website. Instead of applying a Creative Commons license, I’ve retained traditional copyright, with an added statement that “Fair Use applies.”

Now… does my “Fair Use” rule cover the Kindle? If you define a Kindle device as a computer: Yes. Fair Use. (It’s pointless to make special rules for special computers.) An individual Kindle user can download content from my website to his Kindle unit, no problemo.

However: If a Kindle user copies content from my website, and then tries to pass on his own compilation of my work to other Kindle users: No. Not Fair Use.

One specific reason I don’t want users to *pass on* my work from their computers/devices is “creative control.”
I constantly update and improve the fiction on my website. A title copied from my website this year will look different from how the same title appears on my website next year.

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