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Originally Posted by Alisa
I don't feel a moral hazard if I download a copy that someone produced for free if there's no other copy available, provided I already own the book. If a commercial copy became available, I would feel compelled to pay for it at that point.
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Would you? Or would you just conveniently forget to go out of your way and send a check to someone who doesn't know you've downloaded anything?
Why didn't you send a check to the creator when you took the e-book file in the first place?
Guess what most people would do?
Fact is, if someone scanned that book and made it available, for free or at a charge, and that file was not authorized by the creator, it is not your right to have it. It is your right to make it for yourself. So make it yourself, but don't take it for free
from someone who shouldn't be giving it to you. If that's not morally clear, I don't know what is.