famousdavis
08-25-2003, 05:30 PM
I'm reading the free eBook from Microsoft -- Selecting the Pope -- and unlike the two previous public domain eBooks I read over the summer, I've found that I cannot use the Copy Text function in Microsoft Reader.
Now, I don't want to infringe upon the copyright of the eBook, but I do like taking excerpts from the eBook and storing them in a Word doc -- that helps me remember key points in the book.
Since the Copy Text function is inaccessible, is there a way to circumvent this by using a screen-capture program that can then use character recognition to decipher part of the screen-capture? Or, more generally, is there a way to circumvent Reader's copy-protection features just so I can copy a word and paste it into Lextionary to get a definition?
I'm not looking to make illegal copies of a copy-protected eBook. I just want to use the eBook in a personal way without being constrained by the copy-protection embedded in the eBook I'm reading.
Any thoughts?
Now, I don't want to infringe upon the copyright of the eBook, but I do like taking excerpts from the eBook and storing them in a Word doc -- that helps me remember key points in the book.
Since the Copy Text function is inaccessible, is there a way to circumvent this by using a screen-capture program that can then use character recognition to decipher part of the screen-capture? Or, more generally, is there a way to circumvent Reader's copy-protection features just so I can copy a word and paste it into Lextionary to get a definition?
I'm not looking to make illegal copies of a copy-protected eBook. I just want to use the eBook in a personal way without being constrained by the copy-protection embedded in the eBook I'm reading.
Any thoughts?