Free ebooks on obooko are distributed legally

Unfortunately the Web is awash with sites offering illegal free ebook downloads. These are ebooks that have been posted or published on websites without the author's permission, with total disregard for Copyright law. This affects both the author and publisher financially, and can mean that people in the publishing industry may lose their jobs. Illegally downloading ebooks is no different to illegally downloading movies or copying and selling counterfeit dvds. It's called Digital Piracy: check out the movie clip below. As responsible website operators, we at obooko guarantee that our ebooks are distributed legally. You won't find Harry Potter books or the Twilight series here.

We respect, uphold and protect copyright-holder's rights; that's why we obtain written permission to distribute from every author whose work appears on this site.

obooko does not accept posting of books by the general public.

We therefore confirm that you may, with total confidence, legally download free ebooks from obooko for your personal use. You may store them on any computer or hand-held device. Where a free ebook's security settings state Printing Allowed, you may print copies for your own use.

Please remember, the free ebooks on this site are for your personal use only: it is an offence to offer any of these works for sale.



Types of Copyright Licence:

Standard Copyright ebooks are strictly Copyright protected. You must not perform any actions, including copying, printing, distribution or posting on file-sharing websites, without the author's written consent. You will be prosecuted if you offer them for sale. PDF ebooks downloaded from obooko are cleared for personal printing if this option has been enabled in the file's security settings.

Creative Commons licensed ebooks are more accommodating. They are published under a specific licence which is a set of conditions which may allow you to copy, share, remix and make derivative works. However, some of the author's legal rights as Copyright holder still apply and you must read and abide by the terms of the actual Creative Commons licence appearing inside each work.

Public Domain texts have few restrictions. If no laws establish proprietary rights over a work to restrict its use by the public at large; typically when Copyright has lapsed or has not been asserted, it is deemed to be in the Public Domain. Be careful though: the text of a book may be in the Public Domain but this does not necessarily mean the book itself is; the cover design and formatting may be the Intellectual Property of an individual or publishing firm and protected by Copyright law. If in doubt, contact the publisher. Please familiarise yourself with Copyright laws in your country.