Question - Does sharing an e-book in a WhatsApp group infringe the author's copyright?
I am David, an LLM student. I am a member of a WhatsApp group for lawyers. The WhatsApp group has up to 250 lawyers. Last week, I bought an e-book titled 'How to Become a T-Lawyer' on Amazon. The book was $45 per copy. Seeing how useful the book would be to my learned friends, I uploaded a download copy of the book on the WhatsApp group. My learned friends were happy to receive it. It was free. But a member of the same group was unhappy about this. She said what I had done amounted to copyright infringement. Since it was for educational purposes, I disagreed with her, pleading fair use. Just so I'm certain I'm not on the wrong side of the law, did I infringe on the author's copyright?
Answer
The answer is YES.
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