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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Copies for personal use are not a violation. At least, not here. Given the UK version where copies are not allowed at all, are you sure you're not breaking copyright law just by backing up an eBook? Sounds like the UK law needs to be fixed.
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It does indeed very badly need to be fixed. There is a proposal, which has the backing of the British Phonographic Industry, to legalise the backing up and format shifting of CDs, etc, and that would presumably also apply to eBooks.
I knew that making a personal copy of a book was permitted in the US, but I'm really surprised to hear from zerospinboson that one is permitted to retain the copy after selling the original.