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Originally Posted by LaughingVulcan
And I even agree with you: I think that if you own a paper book, you should have the right to have an eCopy of it.
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I'm sorry, but this "logic" completely escapes me. It's no different from saying "if you have a hardback version of a book, you should have the right to have a paperback version of it". WHY? They are different formats! If you buy a hardback, you don't have a "right" to a paperback - if you want a paperback, you go out and buy one. If you have a paperback, you equally don't have a "right" to an eBook - if you want an eBook, you go out and buy one.
Read the first page of virtually any printed book and you'll find a sentence in it specifically prohibiting the reproduction of that book by any means or in any form. Buying a paper book does
not give you some "God-given right" to create or download an eBook, any more than buying a hardback gives you a "right" to a paperback.