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Originally Posted by kjk
"Deprive"? I just don't understand the whole sense of entitlement expressed here..."I deserve to have access to those books unless 'x or y' occurs". I just don't get it. 
(not passing any judgements about piracy, or the ethics therein..I just don't get the whole "I deserve to have it because xxx" thing people bring up.."They didn't release it in English here" "She wouldn't release it in eBook form" etc. etc. ) |
Yes, I had the same reaction. Just because somebody wrote a book doesn't entitle the world to read it. Most authors/publishers would
like their works to be available to as many readers as possible, but they own the rights to the work, and they don't have to share it, any more than you have to share your vacation property with a homeless person. Maybe your Swiss chalet is sitting there empty and unused while some guy is freezing on the street, but that doesn't entitle him to move in.
--Maria