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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Lotta FUD around here.  I know of no credible theory that people can't legally scan copies of physical books they own for their own personal use.
So long as they are not distributing them in any way, they have nothing to fear.
And this thread is about the personal use of scanned copies of personally owned physical books. So any activities by any big bad scary corporate overlords is irrelevant to the discussion. |
Yep. The actual right to scan a paper book into ebook format for personal use has never been explicitly tested in court, though it follows from the Sony case (recording a tv show on video tape to watch later). But that's because no one has actually been sued in such a case. Some companies make all sorts of wild claims. The CEO of Disney once claimed you were stealing from Disney if you didn't watch the commercials. The odds of anyone being sued for scanning a book for personal use is pretty slim.