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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
What if someone's willing to do that work for free? Why should you have to pay for it?
Once I scan and convert a book, the work part is done. Why should everyone else who paid for a legit copy have to repeat my effort? That's just wasteful.
Whether I'm allowed to profit from the work is a different matter. But if I'm willing to work for free, why shouldn't I be allowed to share that effort?
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I have the same question. If format shifting is OK, morally and legally, why does it make any difference whether I do the work myself?
There's another thread here about a scanning service that you can pay to scan your paper book.
Suppose you're going to send them the book you own and they say, Heck, we've scanned this book for 500 other customers, we don't need to do it again, so as a special favor we're just going to send you the file we've already created for free. Is it not OK to take advantage of that offer?