[Penforhire]

Okay, but explain to me why you feel digitizing on your own versus downloading the same result is morally any different? I have everything I'd need to digitize a book but the effort to end up at the same place seems absurd.

I could see the difference if I was paying a Chinese pirate (land o' scofflaws these days) for his digitized copy. That would be financing piracy. But a "free" download in the wild?

What is the ethical difference to the fair use I noted for music? The mapping of music media to book media is very accurate to my eye, the same goods in different formats.

edit - I wasn't responding to Steve. But I don't think it is simple. Your argument about hardcover versus softcover is analogous to regular CD versus Super Audio CD. In both cases (hardcover) I agree I'm not entitled to the 2nd form but I AM entitled to the formats I mentioned (CD to MP3 and p-book to e-book). At least I believe so.