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<blockquote data-quote="Echohawk" data-source="post: 4679800" data-attributes="member: 9849">I don't believe that what you have written above is entirely true. Specifically this bit: &quot;who all have purchased a [print] copy and all have a fair use right to transfer media and have digital copies of the PHB&quot;. I do not think that owning a printed copy of a PHB gives you any right to &quot;have digital copies&quot;. Owning a book may well give you the right to make a copy of that book&nbsp; for your own personal use, but owning a printed book does not mean that you inherently have the right to obtain a digital version from any other source. As least as I understand things.So, if I had scanned my PHB and created a PDF of it, I certainly would not share that PDF with my friends. I would indeed view that as an act of piracy. I don't have the right to give a digital copy of a book I have scanned for my own personal use to other people. Of course, I wouldn't be scanning my PHB to start with, since the effort involved in scanning a PHB is significant enough that I'd much rather pay for a legal PDF. And if I wanted my friends to also have access to PDF copies, I would pay for additional copies to give to them.Thasmodious, from the wording of your example it is clear that you understand that there is additional value in having the PDF versions -- specifically, using a digital version will &quot;preserve the books&quot;, so that you can play &quot;for many years&quot;. Presumably, that is instead of buying replacement PHBs every few years due to wear and tear. Given that the PDFs offer this tangible benefit to everyone who has one, why is it wrong to expect everyone who enjoys this benefit to pay for it?I'm genuinely a little surprised that so many people seem to think that owning a printed book entitles them to download a digital copy from whatever source they want. To me, that sense of entitlement is worryingly similar to saying &quot;I already own a copy of the PHB, so I should be automatically entitled to a copy of the deluxe PHB, and that makes it okay for me to buy a cheap copy of the deluxe PHB that I know has fallen off the back of the proverbial truck.&quot; That doesn't make logical sense to me, and neither does the statement &quot;I already own a copy of the PHB, so I should be automatically entitled to a copy of the PHB in PDF format, and that makes it okay for me to download a pirate copy of the PDF version that I know is being distributed illegally&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Echohawk, post: 4679800, member: 9849"] I don't believe that what you have written above is entirely true. Specifically this bit: "who all have purchased a [print] copy and all have a fair use right to transfer media and have digital copies of the PHB". I do not think that owning a printed copy of a PHB gives you any right to "have digital copies". Owning a book may well give you the right to [b]make[/b] a copy of that book for your own personal use, but owning a printed book does not mean that you inherently have the right to obtain a digital version from any other source. As least as I understand things. So, if I had scanned my PHB and created a PDF of it, I certainly would [I]not[/I] share that PDF with my friends. I would indeed view that as an act of piracy. I don't have the right to give a digital copy of a book I have scanned for my own personal use to other people. Of course, I wouldn't be scanning my PHB to start with, since the effort involved in scanning a PHB is significant enough that I'd much rather pay for a legal PDF. And if I wanted my friends to also have access to PDF copies, I would pay for additional copies to give to them. Thasmodious, from the wording of your example it is clear that you understand that there is additional value in having the PDF versions -- specifically, using a digital version will "preserve the books", so that you can play "for many years". Presumably, that is instead of buying replacement PHBs every few years due to wear and tear. Given that the PDFs offer this tangible benefit to everyone who has one, why is it wrong to expect everyone who enjoys this benefit to pay for it? I'm genuinely a little surprised that so many people seem to think that owning a printed book entitles them to download a digital copy from whatever source they want. To me, that sense of entitlement is worryingly similar to saying "I already own a copy of the PHB, so I should be automatically entitled to a copy of the deluxe PHB, and that makes it okay for me to buy a cheap copy of the deluxe PHB that I know has fallen off the back of the proverbial truck." That doesn't make logical sense to me, and neither does the statement "I already own a copy of the PHB, so I should be automatically entitled to a copy of the PHB in PDF format, and that makes it okay for me to download a pirate copy of the PDF version that I know is being distributed illegally". [/QUOTE]

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