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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 2868012" data-attributes="member: 9053">To the original poster:First of all, I'm very sorry about your situation. I have a number of friends who are going through divorces at the moment, and it is very difficult.On what you want to do with your books, I think this is getting way too complicated. I'm going to give you practical advice because I can't give you legal advice.It has been suggested that putting the books into storage is the best plan, which it sounds like you're going to do anyway. I would suggest just leaving it at that, because you may very well find yourself in a situation where you'll have plenty of space again to store and keep these books, and I think you might kick yourself for tearing them up and throwing them out when you're done.I would also suggest checking to see if the books are available from the publisher as a PDF. If that's the case, pick up the PDF and support the industry...and keep your books!If you decide that you're going to scan them, however, just do it. You're taking something that you purchased, scanning it and then throwing out the originals. You bought the book, it's your business what you do with it. Now if you upload the books to a P2P site or share them with all of your friends, that's something else entirely, and something I really don't recommend. Hold onto the receipts if you feel especially concered.I think sometimes we get way too concerned about these issues. In the end, you bought the book, as long as you're not selling it or giving it away, game publishers have the same concern with you that the members of Genesis do based on the fact that I put Home by the Sea on a mix tape before had a CD player for my car. Actually, Genesis has more of a concern, because I made the mix tape and kept my original CD back in 1985.Just my $.02....and I'm not a lawyer.--Steve</blockquote>

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