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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Let's take a real world example that we can all relate to. Let's say I bought a copy of the Harry Potter #7. Then I download an ebook copy after that. Now I have a legal pbook and an illegal ebook. But there is no legal ebook. Has anyone lost any revenue for my reading the ebook considering I have the pbook?
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Having the pbook is not relevant to having taken an illegally-created e-book.
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I could have downloaded the ebook without bothering to purchase the pbook.
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And you would have done so illegally.
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Now, who's pocket did I just deprive of any revenue? Nobody.
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You're just evading the issue. The issue is, the e-book is illegally created. You shouldn't be getting from anyone, except JKR.
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I even added to it by the purchase of the pbook.
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The only legal thing you've done in this scenario!
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...But in the meanwhile, having the illegal ebook hurts nobody.
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Well, since you want to argue the case in an abstract way, you could say that because of your piracy, the legitimate author decides not to release their books as e-books, thereby depriving them of what legitimate sales they might have gotten. So you have hurt their earning potential. Congratulations: Your actions just kept someone's kids out of college!
Abstractly speaking, of course.
Once again, my point is the fact that, if the e-book is illegally obtained, it is not your right to have. For any reason.