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Originally Posted by med007
I don't advocate piracy, but i have hard copy of 100s of text. why do I have to repurchase digital copies for an e-book reader?
why can't they sell hard copy text with free kindle access?
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One issue to be aware of is that electronic rights and print rights are often sold separately and, like print rights, electronic rights don't necessarily apply internationally. Sometimes the same company will produce both, but not always. Also, the electronic copy isn't free to produce and distribute. Whoever produced it incurred some costs doing so. Even if the same company owns both print and electronic rights they legally get to determine how much to charge people for each. It would be nice if they did offer a package deal in the future since ebooks are getting more popular but we're talking about the 100s of paper books you have purchased in the past.
Of course, you do have the right in most countries to scan and digitize your own copy. Downloading someone else's scanned work, however, is usually forbidden. I think this is the point it gets tough for a lot of people to swallow, especially when there's no legally distributed electronic copy available for purchase.