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Originally Posted by HarryT
You don't see any ethical difference between creating your own copy from a legitimately bought book, and accepting one from someone who's giving them out to all and sundry, regardless of whether or not they've bought the book?
Seems like a very different situation to me!
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I personally don't have any ethical problems with accepting an electronic copy from someone to save me the hassle of format shifting the paperback version for my own personal use. Here in Australia we are legally allowed to format shift under the provision that we own the original works and we own the device being shifted to, it does not suggest nor indicate how we should format shift. Might sound a little simplistic but I am merely format shifting through accepting a digital copy from elsewhere.
I can see how you feel they are different situations, but let me ask this. Legally you are allowed to record a television show for the sole purpose of time shifting (ie watching at a later time), provided that you watch it only once and do not distribute it. Now if you forgot to record a TV show but your neighbour did infact record it, would you quite happily accept the offer of them lending you the tape so you can watch that TV show?