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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's the "without permission" part that's significant. If a friend chooses to lend you her car, or an author chooses to give you a copy of his book, that's absolutely fine, and I'm sure that nobody has an issue with it. It's when you take your friend's car without asking her, or you obtain a copy of the author's book without the author's permission, that the issues arise. In both cases, it's for your friend or the author to decide whether they wish to lend you their car, or give you a copy of their book. It's wrong (IMHO) for you to just walk up and take them.
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But clearly you have permission if you are either downloading it from someone who has uploaded it or if you are receiving it from a friend.
ETA never mind, reading fail. If you get a copy of a book from a used bookstore, you certainly don't have the authors permission to buy that book for a dollar, right?