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Bingle, I've tried to get Steve to express this distinction in other threads without success. I suspect our ethics just differ but we're at least on the same page. I would refine your example situation slightly.
If the company who provides you the e-version (MP3 or e-book) is paid to provide you that conversion then I'd agree with Steve that something a bit unethical happens. But if they provide it at no tangible benefit to themselves then I step fully over to what I assume is your view, no harm done (legal and ethical).
At the heart of the matter, my self-scanned bits (after OCR correction) are not any different than your self-scanned bits of the same text. The concept of "blood money" does not apply here.
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