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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thasmodious" data-source="post: 4679307" data-attributes="member: 63272">But if you go to Kinko's, its not?  No one is arguing that the person making the .pdf available for anyone to download is not guilty of an offense, only that is not morally wrong to obtain a .pdf copy of a book you own.  It doesn't matter how the copy is obtained, if you have bought the book, you have the right to have digital and print copies of that work made, whether it is with your own scanner, Kinko's scanner, or some scanner from someone on the internet.  The result is the same, you have a copy of the work that you are entitled to have.  The actual act of downloading it might be a legal offense, MIGHT.  It would be difficult to establish that you broke the law by obtaining an "illegal" copy of something you already own and have paid for.Let's try another example though.  You and your gaming buddies have all bought a PHB, but the books are nice and since 4e is the best edition of D&D ever, you plan on playing it for many years and want to preserve the books.  You are the only person with a scanner.  You scan your book, creating a .pdf and then pass the file to your gaming buddies, who all have a purchased copy and all have a fair use right to transfer media and have digital copies of the PHB.  Are you really going to say that is an act of piracy?  Would it be if each friend came over and scanned the book themselves on your scanner?  How would using your scanner differ from using your scan?  What if you made the scan while they were all in the room, and they each took a turn turning pages and hitting the scan button, since thats slow, tedious work?</blockquote>

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