[BillSmithBooks]

One of the things that I feel negates the "I had no choice but to do an 'unauthorized download'" argument is the used book market.

Many -- if not most -- books are available used through Amazon, Abebooks and other sites at very reasonable prices. There really is very little excuse to download...

Plus, those books can often be resold for close to what your originally paid for them.

And I feel that the used market is one reason why publishers are really missing the boat -- used sales generate no revenue for the publisher or author, whereas selling ebooks, even at steeply reduced prices, does generate revenue for the creators.