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Old 01-17-2008, 10:40 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by kezza View Post
Like I said, I don't see having a digital copy of a book I own in paper form as illegal. Anything beyond that you're assuming I do, without even bothering to ask.
Well, having an illegal digital copy of a book you own in paper form is illegal, regardless of your opinion of it. Your opinion has nothing to do with the law. Perhaps you don't see it as illegal because you're busy telling yourself lies to comfort your guilty conscience?

If you don't have any illegal digital books, then you're right, I have the wrong impression, and I apologize.

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And as far as I'm concerned, owning an electronic copy of something you own in a physical form isn't illegal.
If the publishers and authors don't want their books to be sold electronically, they essentially consent to piracy.
That is your comment I was responding to. Again, your opinion has nothing to do with the law. Your statement that publishers are consenting to piracy by not selling electronic versions is nonsense, and it sounds like the self-comforting, why-it's-ok-for-me-to-break-the-law type to me. If you're not doing anything illegal, you certainly seem to be defending or supportive of those who do.

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They come from very dedicated people with scanners and a lot of time.
That comment strengthens the impression, it sounds an awful lot like praise of lawbreakers.

So are you saying you do, or do not, have digital books that the law would consider to be illegal?
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