|
With torrents, the downloader is also an uploader, effectively. You are sharing with other people as you download something.
The first uploader, the person who copied the item, is in many ways more altruistic than any of the downloaders. He/she has bought the book, copied it and shared it. Okay, probably without having to scan and proof it, and probably in a tit-for-tat to get other free stuff, but not necessarily. It could be a political statement, or it could be an act of preservation.
And once something is out there, then it's out there. There's not much you can do by then.
|