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Originally Posted by wgrimm
Right now, I am having a hard time understanding the heated passion exhibited in this thread. Okay, copyright infringement is a crime, it's bad, bad, bad, BUT- it is not resulting in lost sales (or at least both of us agree on this). By not resulting in loss of sales to the publisher, who is this crime actually hurting?
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In the U.S., speeding is illegal because it can kill someone. That doesn't mean it is okay to speed, just because you didn't happen to kill anyone when you were speeding. It's not up to you to make that distinction, it's a matter of law. (And it's a good parallel, since so many people in the U.S. speed, on the assumption that if they are wary about it, they won't get caught.)
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Originally Posted by wgrimm
I guess "ethical piracy" would involve hardback purchase of a work by a library that then converts to e-format and uploads to the "DarkNet." <G>
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Yeah, it would (in the U.S.). A library isn't allowed to do that, anymore than citizens are.