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Originally Posted by John F
Does anyone have a moral problem with replacing covers?
I believe the consensus is stripping DRM for books that you purchase is fine. Is downloading copyrighted covers OK? Is it OK because it is for personal use and not distribution?
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It's a no-no to print and replace covers on paper books as removal of cover may mean the price was refunded and the book marked as destroyed.
Covers are adverts or part of adverts. Adverts are not covered by copyright in the same way (you can't re-use for some other product). So downloading cover from advert of book (and any site like Goodreads, owned now by Amazon, is advertising, even Storygraph) for that book in your library is not the same as downloading contents in copyright without rightful purchase. Titles themselves are not copyright either.