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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Fact is, if someone scanned that book and made it available, for free or at a charge, and that file was not authorized by the creator, it is not your right to have it. It is your right to make it for yourself. So make it yourself, but don't take it for free from someone who shouldn't be giving it to you. If that's not morally clear, I don't know what is.
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Are you saying that the commercial services that offer backups/format shifiting are operating illegally? To my knowledge, these services- and we have several in my city- have never been charged with copyright infringement. If this were illegal, wouldn''t publishers be suing them out of business?
And if this type of service isn't illegal, well, is it okay to make an electronic copy of a book you own IF you pay someone to do it?