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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
So the question is: What does everyone think the ethics are of downloading ebook copies of books you already own on paper from P2P networks like BitTorrent?
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This has been discussed on here quite a few times.
Here's a couple things to think about. In some countries, you can legally scan your paper books and make your own digital copies. There's really no difference between doing that and downloading ones that somebody else scanned. It's the same result.
Technically, whether or not you legally own a paper copy of the book, the person you are downloading the eBook from probably does not have permission to distribute it to anybody. That's where the copyright infringement comes into play. The uploader is not authorized.
One last thing, as long as you are not further distributing copies of this to other people, and anything you download is just for your own use... why would anyone care, and how would anyone ever find out?