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My whole point here was not to start a fight or anything. I'll accept I was wrong about the hosting and handling of 1984, it was based on an entry in GoDaddy's registrar info. No problem. I was wrong.
My point is, however, to point out that laws in different nations DO create shades of gray. For example, under US law, it's questionable for US registrars to offer DNS resolution to sites that break US copyright law. That's already been in action on many sites where resolution is done by Go Daddy. Sony holds patent applications (and some patents) on various aspects of the file system and reader, and have indicated that the file format is proprietary trade secret. In some nations, you're allowed to convert to LRF / reverse engineer it.. in others, you are not. As an owner of a PSP, I recall when Sony US was shutting down sites for offering Down Conversion software that would allow you to turn a DVD into a movie file that you would put on a memory card. The stated reason was that they had UMD format out for movies. Once UMD went away, Sony themselves started manufacturing movies on the memory stick. The company protects its file formats, and the DMCA holds that circumventing or reverse engineering file formats is against the law except for in certain cases. The case of "I want to make it look better" is not one of those cases.
Now, going back to the original subject.. YES. I do convert txt files to LRF. IN US terms, I am committing an illegal act because I don't have the license to use the LRF file format. No, I do NOT get illegally distributed ebooks.
I'm sorry I even brought it up. I'm not defending pirates here. I'm just pointing out that sometimes when laws intersect, there are areas of gray.
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