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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But how can format shifting be legal? When you are done format shifting, you do have another copy of the eBook. So if making a copy is not legal, then format shifting is not legal.
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That's not how it works.
Fair use/dealing exceptions are still violations of copyright but they are violations that are *explicitly* sanctioned by the same society that grants the copyright in the first place.
What the folks with the big guns grant they can take away at will.
Convince enough of the right politicians that you are entitled to your neighbor's property and they can evict them (and will) and turn the plot (or whatever) over to you. No absolutes when it comes to rights. Everything is subject to change.