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Originally Posted by DeusExMe
It is indeed a deep issue. I've thought through some of these issues and reached as many confusions as I have conclusion.
In my estimation, if I buy the intellectual property "Ender's Game" (as an example) from the Microsoft Reader store (continuing the example, or if Microsoft has a promotion and gives the thing to me for that matter) I now have the right to enjoy my purchase in any manner I see fit. Certainly I can purchase a Microsoft Reader if I so desire and read it that way. However, to take actions with my own personal file, which is legally mine, which makes that file readable on my Sony Reader, seems well within my rights. I am not certain if the U.S. law governing such things would back me up, but I am fairly certain that it is the right thing.
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But when you signed up with the MS Reader store, one almost certainly had to click through an agreement where one promised not to convert the ebook. It seems, thus, that by converting the file one is violating a promise one has made.