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Originally Posted by TallMomof2
I've been backing up VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and purely electronic media for years and for me backing up a book is not much of a stretch. When my kids were small those backups saved me a bit of money as the kids were not as kind to the tapes and DVDs as they should've been. As long as it's for personal use, even if I have to circumvent DRM, I'm fine with it. It may or may not be illegal but it's definitely not immoral.
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See this is where the law has proved very stupid. It has turned or attempted to turn ordinary people in class one felons (not in the legal sense - maybe misdemeanants). Whether photocopying, or scanning or breaking drm - ordinary folks are being forced to become common criminals to protect the rights they have purchased.
Oh, I just looked at two pbooks and neither contains language forbidding copying.