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Originally Posted by anappo
You have likely already considered it, but this:
> Have you ever breached copyright by downloading a copy of a
> book or any other digital media from a website distributing the
> media without the consent of the copyright holder?
Would result in silly high proportion of "pirates". How many of us have really -never- downloaded copyrighted material? It would be interesting to compare this number with something like:
Q: Out of last 50 (non public domain) e-books you've read, how many did you actually buy?
It would be more difficult to word this the other way around - "how many obtained illegally" would include DRM-removal on your purchases and bypassing geo-restrictions as "piracy".
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I think the question as it stands is useful, and I also think the slightly different question you propose is worthwhile too.
I also forgot to ask 'Is it OK to download a bootleg copy of a book for which you already own a paper copy?'.