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Originally Posted by crackhammer
Why? I thought many ebooks are in pdf format. So if you don't read image or text on your reader, what else do you read? I am sorry, I didn't quite understand your statement.
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We read books in formats other than pdf.
As several people have said, the main purpose of PDF is to reproduce a letter-sized document exactly like the original. If you're using it for that intended purpose, this is a very good thing. If you're trying to read that document on a minuscule e-reader screen, that can be a very bad thing. Other formats (epub, prc, etc.) work much better on ebook readers because they reflow the document to fit the screen space.
As to who cares about the legality when photocopying ... me. Contrary to what the media, slavishly printing scare stories fed to them by the advocates of greater technological restrictions and more and harsher laws, would have you believe, not everybody goes around seeking copyrights to violate and cackling joyfully as they do so.