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I remember discussions like this back when cassettes came into wide use. Was it ok to record your albums on cassettes and then play cassettes in your car? (Yes, there were 45 rpm changers for the car for a brief time.)
John Lennon came out and said that you should tape your albums and listen to the tape. When it wore out, make another copy. This whole time the record companies were also selling cassette tapes of the same albums.
When CDs came along they wanted everyone to buy new versions of the same music. Many people made cassette copies of the CDs and played the cassettes in their car.
I have no problem with any of the above. I have thousands of albums and CDs in the basement to prove it. I have also converted the entire collection to electronic form and built my own music server. (Version 2 was just completed recently.)
In the US I believe that if I own the book it would be alright to have an electronic copy under the fair use provision. I do not seek out ebooks except at MobileRead, Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks, and the multiple Black Mask sites.
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