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Originally Posted by Belfaborac
Can that be called pirating though? If you own the physical book already and no ebook version has been made available, I can't see how downloading an electronic copy can be either illegal or immoral. I certainly have no qualms doing so myself, as long as I later buy the ebook if or when it arrives. Which I do.
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This is where things get murky. Obviously it's fine for me to scan my own paper copy of a book and turn it into an e-book. But if someone says, "Hey I already scanned that book, here's a copy," is there any real difference, except convenience for me? Does it become wrong simply because I didn't do the work of scanning and converting myself?