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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I believe that the specific situation was the books were _not_ available via legitimate channels when they were originally downloaded and became available at a later date. So it's not so much waiting until you can afford to buy it, but waiting to see if the books ever appear in a non darknet version.
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If that is the case, then yes, I agree that that is a morally defensible position. What I wouldn't be comfortable with myself would the situation where a "legit" eBook was available, but I decided to illegally download it merely because I couldn't afford to buy the legit version.