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E-Book trading

  • #1
  • First Post: Nov 17, 2005 9:40am Nov 17, 2005 9:40am
What do you guys think about us sharing our ebooks with each other to promote learning?

I know most people here have at least few so I think it would be good idea for us to get together and share.

I can set up and FTP site or a regular HTTP site and upload all my books and other people can upload their books too.

What do you guys think...especially you Merlin?
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  • #2
  • Nov 17, 2005 10:40am Nov 17, 2005 10:40am
excellent idea.....i am up for it. i have 8 e-books. some of them are strategies and some of them are market analysis and general trading stuff. i guess people who have bought some e-books might have a problem sharing it, because of copyright issues. so i dn't know..how far this idea will go...but i have my for it.


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  • #3
  • Nov 17, 2005 12:25pm Nov 17, 2005 12:25pm
Im worried about the copyrights too....but we are sharing the books either way so might as well do it in a centralized manner
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  • #4
  • Nov 17, 2005 1:57pm Nov 17, 2005 1:57pm
This would be a good idea for a good online trading library, I am all with it as long as it is not violating copyright rules and regulations...


Thanks,

Nader
  • #5
  • Nov 17, 2005 2:04pm Nov 17, 2005 2:04pm
Thats the thing---most of us here would say that its a great idea, BUT at what point does it violate copyrights? Another thing I can do is set up sometihng like a quota---someone must upload a book to download a book...this would make things a little fair for the people who actually paid money for some ebooks that they provide. Another thing that I can do is post articles related to trading in pdf format...those are free so they do not violate any laws.

Merlin, what's your take on this?
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  • #6
  • Nov 17, 2005 2:59pm Nov 17, 2005 2:59pm
The free stuff is widely available on the internet.
For those who have trouble to find the right sites, it might be a good idea to offer a list of interesting internet addresses where downloads are available. I remember Isotronic posting a link to such a site (I do not recall anymore in which thread, but I bookmarked it): www.trading-naked.com/Articles_and_Reprints.htm

But the real hot books will be all protected by copyrights and digital rights.
I bought "Forex made Easy" by James Dicks, in pdf-format. A good book for beginners, I would love to make it available to you all, but I would be violating copyrights, and the book itself has been heavily protected against copying and becomes unreadable if done so.

So, I would vote for a reference list rather than for a library.
  • #7
  • Nov 17, 2005 4:13pm Nov 17, 2005 4:13pm
That's a good ideas you should charge a small fee to use the library. Everyone that donates the ebooks gets a small percentage of the profit.
  • #8
  • Nov 17, 2005 4:17pm Nov 17, 2005 4:17pm
Quoting Aroon
But the real hot books will be all protected by copyrights and digital rights.
I bought "Forex made Easy" by James Dicks, in pdf-format. A good book for beginners, I would love to make it available to you all, but I would be violating copyrights, and the book itself has been heavily protected against copying and becomes unreadable if done so.

So, I would vote for a reference list rather than for a library.
I would have to agree. It's against the law to share copyrighted eBooks with others. Many eBooks have security measures to prevent this from even happening anyway.

There are, however, a lot of really great free books out there, and I'm all for compiling a reference list. I'll even build a website with every free Forex book known to man. I'll start building it right now.

Anyone know of some great book sthat I should add to the list?
  • #9
  • Nov 19, 2005 5:26am Nov 19, 2005 5:26am
As long as one is exchanging eBooks only with your contacts and not advertising them, I don't see what the problem is.

You can also borrow a book from a library. You can also borrow a book (Hard Copy ) from another person. Has anyone ever declined to lend you a book because of copyright ?

If anyone wants to borrow one of my Ebooks, just ask if I have it and I will send it, without ever advertising the fact that I have it.

So perhaps the way to go is not to post lists of what we have, just post what we want to receive. Then use private message.
  • #10
  • Nov 19, 2005 5:46am Nov 19, 2005 5:46am
If one is living in Europe/US, I recommend that one should not send out copyright material for one's PC. Companies can pose as Forum members and they can get you red handed. Outside the US/Europe, most countries still accept that as sharing. Thus, if you really want to try, make sure you don't do it in the wrong places. Concerning the person receiving the copyright data, that is still running on a gray line depending on which countries.
Lending, renting books, videos and etc falls under another Art. of the law.

Highway
  • #11
  • Nov 19, 2005 5:55am Nov 19, 2005 5:55am
Fully agree, Highway3000!

Hagadol,

there is nothing wrong with lending a book to someone. But you are violating copyrights when you start photocopying or otherwise multiplying it.
That is the same with E-books: I do not lend you my specimen, but I copy a new one to your mailbox, which is multiplying, and thus forbidden.
  • #12
  • Nov 19, 2005 6:14am Nov 19, 2005 6:14am
Quoting Aroon
Fully agree, Highway3000!

Hagadol,

there is nothing wrong with lending a book to someone. But you are violating copyrights when you start photocopying or otherwise multiplying it.
That is the same with E-books: I do not lend you my specimen, but I copy a new one to your mailbox, which is multiplying, and thus forbidden.
Hello Aroon,

Ig find dat hel moj dat we cunne te same nedserlands prate mar ig weidet helemal nid ob jei mi verstan cunne.
Dankje well en en hell moje week-end!
Highway

  • #13
  • Nov 19, 2005 6:24am Nov 19, 2005 6:24am
Quoting highway3000
Hello Aroon,

Ig find dat hel moj dat we cunne te same nedserlands prate mar ig weidet helemal nid ob jei mi verstan cunne.
Dankje well en en hell moje week-end!
Highway
Beste Highway3000,
ik begrijp en versta je heel goed, maar zoals je ziet is onze spelling toch iets anders.
Leuk dat wij elkaar verstaan terwijl wij zo ver van elkaar wonen. Ik neem althans aan dat jij in Zuid-Afrika woont.
Fijn weekend, en veel succes in Forex!!

Sorry guys, just some small talk in South-African and Dutch.
  • #14
  • Nov 19, 2005 9:20am Nov 19, 2005 9:20am
Just something to add to think about, on most FTP servers you can set the permissions of users to "read, write, execute" or 755.

You can also change the permissions to disallow "modify, write" which would give the user only "view" capabilities. As far as the letter of the law, that is not copywrite violation.

However, each contributer would need to have his/her OWN folder on the FTP server with view only capabilites extended to others.

If someone uploads a copywrite protected document to your folder or a general FTP server, then it is considered distribution.

When in doubt, ask the guy who owns the hosting company! (uh, that would be me)
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  • #15
  • Nov 19, 2005 10:02am Nov 19, 2005 10:02am
"Lending" books, as has been said, happens all the time. I like the idea of establishing a lending library. The link to the trading-naked library has lots of info for new traders and is a great place to learn.

Thru
  • #16
  • Nov 19, 2005 10:13am Nov 19, 2005 10:13am
Mudd, can you elaborate on your post please....so you are saying that every contributor has its own folder along with username/pw with write capabilities...others can only VIEW that folder...is that correct?

What about a quota--1 for 1?
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  • #17
  • Nov 19, 2005 10:33am Nov 19, 2005 10:33am
You can set up a FTP server with a home folder ( /home on linux)

Each user would have a home folder of their own under that main ( /home/Bobby_Boucher)

Each users' own permissions would be (read,write,execute,modify) for their own folders given the use of their username/password.

Allow anonymous FTP access to the individual folders but with a "view only" restriction, no (write, modify, execute) capabilites.

Uploading to a home folder other than your own would be restricted.

Then you are not distributing. You are, in essence, allowing free archive space for users on your server.

Others can read all they like but are forbidden from modifying or saving the document on a local machine.

There are libraries that offer this currently online as well as the hacker community has been doing this for years to avoid prosecution of copywrite material.

It's all legal.
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  • #18
  • Nov 19, 2005 10:43am Nov 19, 2005 10:43am
So in essence, every person would be able only to upload/change his OWN books...the other books can only be read off the screen...thats a good idea...


What does everyone else think?
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  • #19
  • Nov 19, 2005 11:15am Nov 19, 2005 11:15am
Standing by to upload... ;-)

Thru
  • #20
  • Nov 19, 2005 1:30pm Nov 19, 2005 1:30pm
I thought with the ftp command set you can only essentially get (receive) or put (send) files from or to a ftp server?

The read permissions would then apply to browsing directories on the server. To view a file wouldn't you have to download it first to your machine (using get) and then use the right document viewer to actually read it (eg. a browser, pdf viewer, word processor etc)? Or is there an actual ftp command to view file contents on the server I've missed?

Have I misunderstood!?

PS: A thread on filesharing and nobody has yet mentioned p2p!!!

Quoting MuddBuddha
You can set up a FTP server with a home folder ( /home on linux)

Each user would have a home folder of their own under that main ( /home/Bobby_Boucher)

Each users' own permissions would be (read,write,execute,modify) for their own folders given the use of their username/password.

Allow anonymous FTP access to the individual folders but with a "view only" restriction, no (write, modify, execute) capabilites.

Uploading to a home folder other than your own would be restricted.

Then you are not distributing. You are, in essence, allowing free archive space for users on your server.

Others can read all they like but are forbidden from modifying or saving the document on a local machine.

There are libraries that offer this currently online as well as the hacker community has been doing this for years to avoid prosecution of copywrite material.

It's all legal.
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