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Originally Posted by Nate the great
I have no problem with calling a thief a thief. I can live with discord. My problem with his post was that it looked to me that he was more interested in venting his spleen than in arguing why piracy was wrong.
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And I thought he was doing a good job of explaining why piracy is wrong. The whole attitude of "I'm going to steal his book, AND it's his fault" is ludicrous and very disrespectful to all the people who work hard to create a book. A lot of people seem to be quite unaware that things don't appear by magic - someone has put a lot of time and energy into creating it. It is their creation to do with as they choose.
Of course it's frustrating if parts of a series are published in electronic format and the rest aren't. Of course it doesn't make a bit of sense. In no way does that "force" you to steal the book, in no way does it excuse stealing the book. Buying the paperback also doesn't excuse stealing the electronic version. If you want the ebook, buy it. If it's not legally available, you don't read it. It's not that complicated.
Posts like this where 50 people chime in to say "yeah I steal it because the publisher won't publish it legally" "I steal it because I have the paperback and that makes it ok" or, stated like a fact (by a moderator, no less), "piracy is the publisher's fault" make it appear acceptable to steal the books. Then one guy is trying to say why it's wrong and you censure HIM.
I am very happy to see so many people saying stealing is wrong, I hope they keep it up.