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Originally Posted by Ravensknight
True. BUT, once the work is done, you can read it AGAIN! [and as many times as you wish  ] |
Forgive me but I'm just not seeing the advantage to scanning a pbook over DRM removal of a purchased ebook either for the purpose of (1) making a statement about DRM or for (2) staying perfectly legal. They both seem equally weighted in either aspect (unless I'm missing something?) Or maybe you're only talking about pbooks that don't exist as ebooks at all - in which case this question is entirely moot
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The publishers are still getting paid for one copy of the book - why would they care which one you bought - in that case, are you really hurting their system money-wise? Also, scanning entire books goes against the copyright notice printed on it (and copyright law) about as much as removing DRM does (though both are equally
moral in my view as far as fair use is concerned as long as the resultant file is not distributed to anyone else).
Please don't construe this as an attempt to start anything
. I'm just interesting in seeing if I've missed some (objective) reason to favor one over the other. If it's just personal choice, I'll be glad to respect that and move along
.