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Originally Posted by HarryT
What about the situation where someone has bought the paper version of a book, wants an e-Book, but there isn't one available to be bought? Eg, I've bought half a dozen different paper versions of "Lord of the Rings" over the years, but there is no legal eBook to buy. I'm certainly breaking the law in download it from the darknet, but am I really doing anything "immoral"? I don't think that I am.
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That is a tougher question I will grant you. That being said, I would apply (personally) the same rule I would if the books were in physical media; just because you bought a hard back edition of a book, you are not automatically entitled to a free copy of the paperback version (or for that matter even a reduced cost copy to account for the cost of the copying).
To some extent, while a book is under a copyright, an author should have some say over how the book is offered.
Now granted all of this is besides the point that I don't believe that Copyright should extend past the author's death... but that is another story.
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Bill