Alexander Terekhov wrote: [...]
When you buy a book you don't sign a contract too. Nor a license. That does not mean that you have rights to copy the original work or derivatives.
Nothing; fair use (fair use copies also fall under 17 USC 109, BTW) aside for a moment.
I meant that you indeed can't make copies and derivatives (apart from fair use). But you own your copy and you can do things similar to http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/125_F3d_580.htm (LEE v. A.R.T. COMPANY, 125 F.3d 580 (7th Cir. 1997)) I just quote one passage that I really like. --- We asked at oral argument what would happen if a purchaser jotted a note on one of the note cards, or used it as a coaster for a drink, or cut it in half, or if a collector applied his seal (as is common in Japan); Lee's counsel replied that such changes prepare derivative works, but that as a practical matter artists would not file suit. A definition of derivative work that makes criminals out of art collectors and tourists is jarring despite Lee's gracious offer not to commence civil litigation. --- ;-) regards, alexander.