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Originally Posted by ikonixx
If I download a book from a torrent site and read it but don't share it, how is that different from going to a book reseller and getting the book there? Neither the author, nor the publisher sees a dime from either. If we say that the person that downloads a book is committing theft then isn't the person buying from a reseller doing the same?
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There is a limited supply of second-hand books. Anyone buying a second-hand book is reducing the number available, and indirectly making sales of new copies more likely.
There's an infinite supply of copied ebooks.
That's the difference.