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Originally Posted by HarryT
If you mean that you are downloading these books from the Internet then you are breaking the law. Don't kid yourself that you're not.
You could, I believe, in the US at least (but not in the UK) scan these paper books that you're buying yourself, and use those scans for personal use, but that does NOT make it legal to download somebody else's scan from the internet.
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Personally, I don't think there "would be" any issue in the US here for that. As far as I know, fair use never gets that specific and we have no precedent.
Ethically, as long as the book (new or used) is purchased/acquired prior to the download and that download is not shared or uploaded, I think it is perfectly all right. JMO though. I would personally not likely go to all that trouble myself, as one of the reasons I got an eBook reader was so I wouldn't have to go to the library/book store all the time. I have enough trouble finding what I want at B&N, let alone a used book shop.