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Originally Posted by John F
Isn't that illegal?
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It isn't where I live (USA). Circumventing DRM is illegal but books do not have DRM so doing a media shift (which differs from copying in that the original gets destroyed) is not illegal. I thought about keeping the covers and a page or two but since the reason for my scanning all my p-books is to get rid of the need for physical storage, I decided against it. The chances of any law enforcement agency questioning me about the source of my "e-books" is somewhere between fat and slim. It's also pretty obvious that the books were destroyed in the scanning process. Besides, in this country (with the exception of the IRS
) the burden of proof would be on the government to prove I had illegally copied the books with actually owning them, something they would be unable to do since I didn't.