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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I fear that can also be parsed as "I've bought that, so it's okay to steal this."
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That's where the disagreement seems to lie. If "that" and "this" are related, I see a distinction from "stealing." Particularly as one might make a point of not using both of them at the same time, and the item you're categorizing as being "stolen" is not a physical item and does not reduce the inventory of the seller. In terms of IP, one has paid for the license (via the paper book). As long as there is no simultaneous use, I don't see how this is logically different from scanning one's own book to digital format.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I suppose it depends upon how badly you want ebooks of the titles.
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In my case, it's pretty critical. I have a substantial collection of p-books to which I do not have physical access. The only way I can re-read them (and I re-read a lot) is in ebook form. My plan is to inventory all the books this winter, a box at a time (I have a barcode scanner to make this process more feasible) and start the replacement project. I've located a nearby science fiction store that deals in second-hand books. It can be quite difficult to resell old books, or even get anyone, e.g. a library, to take them as donations. Where possible, the replacements will be legal copies. This is not always possible.
Meanwhile, whenever possible, I'm buying new titles in ebook form to start with. I just won't buy anything in a DRM that I can't remove. If I'm going to forgo paper copies, I need some assurance that I'll be able to re-read into perpetuity. (Again, I re-read a
lot.)