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(*waits for all the authors here to gang up on arielinflux, lol*)
Dude, arielinflux, it might seem like you're doing a cool thing and saving a lot of money, but you're hurting a lot of people by doing that. It's one of the things we preach against in both the commercial world, and even more so in the Open Source world. There are plenty of free ebooks out there, and it's fine if you download those freely and legally. But if the books are not free and require you to pay for them, don't steal them.
It's a simple rule of economics. If you steal from someone, you deny them their income. Some people make their money from writing books. It'd be like you coming home from work and having someone steal your paycheck because they want to go out and party. It's no different. Just because the theft is digital doesn't change the fact that you've denied someone their income.
If they agree to give it to you for free, then more power to them. But if they are selling their ebook, have the decency to buy it from them. And I know you're not the only one doing it, as your statement attests, but at least have the decency to not condone what they're doing, and even encourage them to become honest readers too.
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