Thread: Using "alternative" sources to obtain books you already own?
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Old 08-30-2010, 11:07 PM   #181
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
We are, but I suspect that there aren't too many of us who would think that making or downloading an eBook copy and then giving someone else the paper book was ethically acceptable. That's a pretty blatant example of copyright infringement. It would be like buying a CD, ripping it onto your iPod, and then selling the CD on eBay.
That is legal. Ripping a CD to your ipod is legal. Selling a used CD on ebay is legal.
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