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Originally Posted by CC1
Twisp, the point is that the books are out of print and the publisher has not chosen to make them available as an ebook. I feel I am morally in the clear by buying used hard copies of all of the books I downloaded the ebook files on. It is no different than buying a CD and transferring songs to your mp3 player to enjoy it in a different medium. I have legally purchased the books.
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Legally, you are still infringing on his copyright. It makes no difference if he offers them in ebook format or not. That is his choice, as creator. Buying the books or planning to buy the books makes no difference either. It does not cover up or make the original copyright infringement null.
It is very different than buying a cd and ripping the songs. In that instance, you bought the product first, and then did with your purchase product as you wished.
In this instance, you infringed on the author's copyright first, and are trying to make up for it by buying the actual product at a later date.
Now, if you had purchased the book first and then scanned the pages onto your computer to make an ebook, that would be the same as buying a cd and then transferring the music off of it.
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