No I wouldn't compare the two, because it would take a fairly long time for them to copy any sizable amount of the text by hand. Not to mention the writer's cramp they'd end up with. There is a difference between noting down the author's name/book title for future reference (which would be far easier than trying to copy a whole book) and trying to walk out with a whole copy of a book without having paid for it first. Besides that I imagine most book stores (if they have a reading room) would be on the look out for someone hanging round for hrs daily and copying out text by hand.
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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
No, but would you have similar approach to someone going a local bookstore (possibly with a reading room), picking up a book, copying the text from it by hand and pen to blank sheets of paper, then putting the book back in its place, and leaving with the text on the paper sheets?
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