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Originally Posted by HarryT
Because, as I explained in the previous message, when you cut down a trade paperback you are doing nothing other than physically altering the medium - the paper - and you own that; you can do whatever you want to it.
When you convert a file format, you're creating a NEW file - a "derived work". At the end of the process, you have two files; the old and the new.
As I said, nobody's going to prosecute you for doing this, but it's akin to, say, photocopying a book. You're creating a second copy in the process, which you don't have the right to redistribute. You can, on the other hand, freely give away or re-sell your cut-down paper book.
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Sorry, I missed your previous post.
I think we should simply agree to disagree. This is not yet an established point of law, and we are not lawyers.