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Originally Posted by phenomshel
And what about this scenario? I want a book in ebook format. The book is not available in electronic format, anywhere. So, I buy a physical copy of the book, scan it (destroying it in the process), OCR it, and make my own ebook. I bought one copy of the book, I now own one copy of the book. Legal? Probably not. But the author and publisher got their money for one copy of the book, which is what I now own, albeit in a different format than the one I purchased.
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There is a statement about reproduction. In the U.S., you're allowed to reproduce a fair portion of a book for personal use and scholarly use but you aren't allowed to reproduce it in full form.
So, your scanning of the book I think would be illegal, meaning not supported by the law, even if you later destroy the physical copy.
On the other hand, who really lives totally by the book? You can't be a human being that way if you lived everything by the book.