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Originally Posted by ucfgrad93
Agreed. Yeah, it totally sucks that the OP could possibly lose the books he paid for. But the providers of those books are not obligated to replace them, nor is the OP entitled to free replacements.
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I have to disagree - if the theory is that you're sold, not a book, but a license, then the publisher IS obligated to provide free replacements. Or should be, anyway.
Whether you feel it's OK to get your replacements elsewhere if the publisher doesn't honor their agreement with you is between you and your conscience, as always.
Either way, it doesn't appear you'd be hurting anyone.
But yeah, back up, back up, back up. Not because you're wrong, but because corporations can't be trusted.
As to library books - is there really a need to OWN a book you can get from the library? If you can check it out and read it whenever you want, I'm not sure I see the need to strip it and keep it, except for psychological reasons.
But again, it won't hurt anyone if you do.