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		natrius on Sept 21, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A $5 App That Justifies Your iPhone Purchase: Inst... Making a copy of the book without the boring parts is illegal. This is what I think Instapaper does.

jrockway on Sept 21, 2009 [–]

It's perfectly legal if you do it for your own personal use.

natrius on Sept 21, 2009 | [–]

Instapaper does it for commercial use. If the iPhone app does it client side, then it is probably legal. If it's server side, probably not.

jrockway on Sept 22, 2009 | | [–]

HTTP proxies that modify content are legal. How is this not an HTTP proxy?

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