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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calico_Jack73" data-source="post: 1466736" data-attributes="member: 14403">According to that site it may indeed be legal.According to the first statement I'd be in trouble if I forwarded it... not if I only received it (distribution).On the second statement is says that purchasers are allowed to make copies but once again it is distribution that is illegal.If I download it then I am receiving it similar to the first instance.  Since I purchased the book I am entitled to a copy in another format.  It seems distribution is the illegal part which is why I am guessing that the RIAA isn't going against EVERYONE who shares files.Edit: Since I can't seem to get a clear answer I guess I won't bother with the PDF.  It really isn't that clear... in some cases it seems that if I took my book to a friends house so they could scan it for me it would be illegal because I personally wasn't the one scanning it on my equipment.  I personally don't see why it matters as to who owned that particular copy of the book that was scanned as long as they were from the same edition and there were no changes (no downloading a copy of a 3.5 PHB just because you bought a 3.0 PHB).  You are getting the same material that you paid for... just in a different format.</blockquote>