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Can I charge a subscription fee for people to view copyrighted materials?

Asked on Aug 28th, 2011 on Patents - Oregon
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Can I charge a subscription fee for people on my website to view e-books that I have purchased, or would this violate the copyright?
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Licensing Attorney serving Portland, OR at Mark S. Hubert PC
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This would be an act of copyright infringement which may bring statutory damages and attorney fees if the creator of the book registered the copyright within 90 days of first publication.
Answered on Aug 31st, 2011 at 12:46 PM

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