In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at Nothing

Re:In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at ... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @10:19AM (#11438903)

In USA there are format shifting rights in the Fair Use doctrine I gather. So one could buy the book and scan it and create an ebook, as this is logically equivalent to getting a copy from a torrenting site but is far less economical and wastes more resources it seems the moral thing to do is buy the paperback and send it for pulping and download a copy of the ebook?

The author gets paid, the publisher gets paid, you get the copy you want with less resource waste than scanning it for yourself.

Anyone have a moral objection to that they'd care to elucidate.

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Re:In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at ... by soperj on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @12:30PM (#11439834)

Is the torrenting it really illegal when you own the book already?

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Re:In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at ... by Crespyl on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @01:42PM (#11440343)

Arguably, yes, since in bittorrent downloading content is directly tied to distribution of content.

By torrenting a work you own in a different format, you are (potentially) also distributing that work to someone who doesn't already own a copy.

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Re:In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at ... by soperj on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @02:21PM (#11440645)

SO just downloading without uploading should be fine?

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Re:In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at ... by Crespyl on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @03:53PM (#11441448)

I'm no lawyer but I'm sure someone could make that case. The torrent peer swarms don't like that though, and I think most clients tend to penalize that behavior (leeching).

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Re:In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at ... by Falcon9 on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:00PM (#11443008)

I'd wager so since you own a book, not the content of the book. But the law is a funny thing.

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Re:In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at ... by coldtea on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @10:30PM (#11444252)

Yes it is. But illegal might be the wrong question. Is it unethical?

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Re:In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at ... by soperj on Thursday April 07, 2016 @02:20PM (#11449369)

I'd say no.

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Re:In the Future, We Will Photograph Everything and Look at ... by tasnent on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @01:33PM (#11440270)

For now.

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