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People have suggested that they turn in receipts for books to get the digital copy. So it is not really a straw man.
If the MP3 is a better quality then your copy of your CD you should pay for the MP3. Someone spent time making it a superior version. If you want the superior version you should pay for the superior version. Otherwise, listen to the MP3 you make from the CD you bought.
If you own a book and want the e-book version of it you can scan a copy yourself. That is fair use. You can take the time to clean up the scanning mistakes and make sure it reads nicely. If the e-book is available you can buy the e-book. You pay for it because someone has been paid to clean up the scanned version and make it look nice.
If the e-book version is not available then I am willing to say take a pirated copy but pay for it when the e-book version comes out.
Essentially, in my world, you pay for the version that you have purchased. If you can move that version to another format, good for you. If you can't and you want it in another format then you should pay for that new format. You are not just paying for the content but for the work that goes into developing the new format, putting the item into the new format, storing the new format ect... There are production costs that you pay for with your purchase.
When you buy a paper book you pay for those production costs. When you buy an e-book you are paying for a different type of production cost.
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