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Originally Posted by wgrimm
There was no e-book version at the time I purchased the paper version.
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I see the issue now!
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But, since I already own the p-book, at least according to US law, I CAN legally have an e-book format
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I wouldn't be so sure about that; read the "Fair Use" article I posted a link to previously. Of course, in practical terms, nobody is going to prosecute you for scanning a book that you've bought for your own personal use, but it's
not clear at all that this constitutes "fair use". Scanning a small portion of the book would, but the whole thing? That's far from clear.
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- what the heck is the difference whether I scan it in myself or download it from the net?
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Because the version that's on the net is illegal. Creating a legal version yourself is an entirely different thing from download an illegal one.
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Like a music cd- if I own it, I can have it in mp3 format. And ethically, I think I am justified also. Look at it this way- if I was a bad guy, a horrible "ebook pirate," I would have just grabbed an un-DRMd pirate copy of the book, period. No cash in for the publisher. As it stands, the publisher already got my $70- no way am I going to be a sap and send him $50 more. If that's what he expects, he will lose my business altogether.
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I completely appreciate your point of view and I'd feel annoyed if I were in the same boat. However, I wouldn't download the illegal version. That's just my personal perspective.