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cjschmidt · 12-10-2007, 10:21 AM

All of the "pirated" books I have on my reader have paper copies sitting on a shelf. They were a pain to find and a pain to format. If they were available to buy, I would have bought them. Not saying any of this makes it "right", but publishers can easily nip this in the bud by getting their collections available quickly.

I know that a lot of people here don't think "format shifting" is legitimate, but I think you'll have a hard time convincing the general public of that. The government has clearly stated that putting CDs on you iPod is fair use. Many people rip DVDs to put them on mobile devices - though they are technically breaking the DMCA. Steve Jobs is currently working to include a mobile-ready version of the movie on HDDVD and Bluray. If we all had one of those Google OCR book scanners I don't think there would even be a question here.

Amazon needs to include a Kindle download with their print books. If the record industry had iTunes a few years earlier, Napster would not have done the damage that it did.

12-10-2007, 10:21 AM	#140
cjschmidt Thyme Lord Posts: 39 Karma: 118 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: PRS-505	All of the "pirated" books I have on my reader have paper copies sitting on a shelf. They were a pain to find and a pain to format. If they were available to buy, I would have bought them. Not saying any of this makes it "right", but publishers can easily nip this in the bud by getting their collections available quickly. I know that a lot of people here don't think "format shifting" is legitimate, but I think you'll have a hard time convincing the general public of that. The government has clearly stated that putting CDs on you iPod is fair use. Many people rip DVDs to put them on mobile devices - though they are technically breaking the DMCA. Steve Jobs is currently working to include a mobile-ready version of the movie on HDDVD and Bluray. If we all had one of those Google OCR book scanners I don't think there would even be a question here. Amazon needs to include a Kindle download with their print books. If the record industry had iTunes a few years earlier, Napster would not have done the damage that it did.