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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
You want to watch the end of a sports game on your TV. You didn't buy it. You tuned into it without owning any part of it--but you do have the right to copy it, format shift it so you can watch it later. This was upheld as a legal use of VCRs, and one of the reasons they were allowed to be sold. Time- and format-shifting was ruled to be fair use.
How is that different from "I borrowed a book for two weeks and scanned it so I could read it later, when I had more time?"
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Copyright law specifies a difference in between broadcast and non broadcast works. If something is broadcast, anyone is legally able to receive it, and from that point it is as if you were legally granted a copy and the same rules for personal use copy apply. If you borrow a book, you do not own that copy, so do not get legal fair use.
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Originally Posted by fafaforza
But then didn't someone else do the work to create a CD ripper program? You should therefore write your own CD ripping software as otherwise you're just pressing a button.
I don't see an issue with a free eBook if you own the physical book, no matter who ripped it. The end is the same.
I'm sure publishers wouldn't like it as I'm sure there are different profit ideas with print and ebooks.
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The end isn't the same. The entire point is, you're not allowed to give out copies, period. It doesn't matter to who, or why. If you own a paper book, a friend also owns a copy, and made an ebook and gives you a copy of that ebook, you can legally have a copy for personal use, but your friend was the one who broke the law because he redistributed without permission. All the people who get snagged by the RIAA and MPAA for pirating movies and music online, they're getting in trouble for uploading to others, and not the downloading.