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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Technically, in the US, format shifting is not a copyright violation, as the Supreme Court decided in the Betamax case. Of course, the court could change their mind, but the most part format shifting and making backups is not a copyright violation as long as it's for personal use.
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That sounds about right for people manually scanning a book they own around the house (and hopefully keeping for evidence of ownership), but don't you think it would be another fight if one purchased an ebook book on Amazon and moved it to MOBI or PDF? The difference as I perceive it is physical books and media have a less restrictive license. Format shifting an ebook purchased from Amazon or a movie from iTunes would be really risky.
Assuming it is all the same though, this guy on Quora argues your hypothesis really well. I hope someone with the money one day takes it to court. Sooner rather than later as we know content licensing and the court system isn't getting any more liberal...
Quora link because the button is causing my page to freeze:
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-legal-to...n-personal-use