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Originally Posted by wgrimm
Maybe, maybe not. Here in the US, if you have bought the content in hardback form, you're allowed to have it in electronic form as well. So, if a person downloads that hardbook in an e-book format, well, that wouldn't appear to be iillegal. Because, he possesses the hardback book, and is allowed to possess the e-format book.
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I agree that the "fair use" aspect of the US copyright law could be (rather liberally) interpreted as permitting you to make your
own electronic copy of a book that you own, but does it really permit you to download a copy that somebody else has made?