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Originally Posted by thrawn_aj
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  .
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  . |
Actually, in the USA, copyright law permits one copy for archival under fair use. If the original copy of the book is destroyed, then it becomes a medium shift and is also legal.
For me, the advantage of scanning a book is I already have over a thousand books and will soon have no room to store them. Scanning them changes them to a medium I will have room for. I do not have to buy e-books for replacements of the paperbooks I have (many I wouldn't be able to find replacements for anyway).
I buy paperbooks and scan them instead of buying the e-book when the e-book has DRM on it. I will not buy books with DRM; I resent being forced to break the law to be able to use a book the way I want (so far, stripping DRM is still illegal even though it blocks legal fair use; that may have to be sorted out in the courts but I neither the money or stamina to do so myself). Whenever possible, I will buy the book used.