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Originally Posted by kennyc
Doesn't matter the pirate has obtained something he is not legally allowed to have.
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Well something has been niggling in the back of mind about this. Here in Australia we have laws which permit you to format-shift material which you own for personal use. eg. format shift a CD to mp3 for the purpose of playing on an mp3 player which you own.
I wont post links but the Aus government websites state that we can make copies of books which we already own into digital form, yet does not describe how we make those digital copies. So the thought I have been having is...if I own for example "Wheel of Time" in paperback, and I find a copy on BT and download it, am I pirating or am I well within my means of adhering to Australian law and using a format-shifted copy of a book I already own?