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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
When you shift from a CD you own to an MP3, you make that move on your own. You rip the MP3s from your CD. If you want the e-book without paying, scan your copy of the paperbook. If you do not want to scan the book yourself, pay for the e-book.
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I pretty much agree with that. When I want my sheet music on my iPad to play from, I do the scanning myself, even though PDF copies are floating around the net.
However, I do see it as a grey area in terms of morals, as someone who downloads the PDF rather than scanning it has still only format shifted. So whilst I would re-buy in e-form if I didn't want to scan/convert myself, I'm not sure I'd condemn anyone else who chose to just download an electronic copy as long as they retained their physical copy and destroyed the electronic copy the moment they get rid of the physical.