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Originally Posted by HarryT
HOWEVER, this is NOT the same as downloading an illegal copy of that book from the internet, from either a legal or a moral perspective, because that uploaded book is illegal. It can never be legal to download illegal material. This is true even if the end result is identical.
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That is wrong or maybe the corrext objection is that the material is not illegal. It is making the material available that is an illegal act but the material in itself is not illegal.
As i have said before. A couple of years ago in Sweden it was legal to download whatever you wanted but it could be illegal to upload the same material. As i understand it the laws are still that way in Switzerland.