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Jimmy-T
Keymaster

    First of all, what is  your definition of “LPI”?  I have about three.

    Also, by paying a fee to a bookshop, you can get a copy of a book.  That doesn’t mean you now own the right to reproduce its contents.  Just because you’re allowed to read something doesn’t mean you can copy it for your own purposes.

    In the bad old days when the Strata Community Association was called the Institute of Strata Title Management (ISTM) they would refuse to let anyone change the terms of their standard contract, saying it was “copyright”.

    Personally, I think they were morally wrong but they may have been copyright right.  Copyright usually only applies to creative works, but if someone has spent time and money creating a form of words, it’s only polite to ask their permission before you take and use it for your own purposes.

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