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Here's a question on a slightly related note. It is widely known that Gottfrid Svartholm (anakata) is not provided access to books as opposed to Peter Sunde. But, Gottfrid is allowed to receive letters. I was wondering if there is any legal restriction on the content of the letters sent to such prisoners. If not, would it be OK if books are sent by the page via letters either as-is or paraphrased?

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as-is could be copyright infringement. paraphrased - could be ok (although IANAL :))

Surely it's not copyright infringement unless you claim you wrote it yourself? Like, you could buy a book, tear the pages out of it and send that.

If you claim to have written it yourself, that's plagiarism. It would only be copyright infringement if you sent photocopies of the pages of the book. If you're sending the original pages, there's no copying, and thus no infringement.

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