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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
You are "justified" to make a copy from the material you own, for yourself, in another format. You are not "justified" to take someone else's copy, any more than you are justified to walk into a bookstore and steal a paperback because you already own the hardback. You are also not "justified" to take your copy and give it to others without compensating the original creator/publisher (which, based on your comments, I suppose we can assume you do).
Just because it's easy, doesn't make it right, or "justified." What part of this isn't sinking in?
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Is this a legal or moral argument? In some countries it can be perfectly legal to get a electronic copy from somebody else of a book you own (if they are giving the copy to you). Why is it not justified to do something that is legal?