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pilotbob — I bet you feel differently about people coming into your house and taking your stuff.
If you wish to equate physical and nonphysical things, no one can prevent you. Many people have been known to find a difference between an act where something tangible is taken from a person, and one where copying means otherwise.
nekokami — I will say that I think the attitude Kajti displays is a) atypical, b) immature and c) morally indefensible.
a) I very much doubt it's as uncommon as your optimistic viewpoint wishes to see it, b) quite possibly, c) quite possibly. Unless a reliable survey where a representative sample of ebook readers felt safe to give anonymous answers were conducted, there's no way to know whether you're more common or I am. Self-selected and self-censoring forums like this don't strike me as representative.
Xenophon — So which is it? The legitimately free stuff? Or the non-free stuff? Have you earned my harsh words, or were you just careless in your description?
I'm cheap, lazy, arrogant. I read some old classic or public domain stuff, some new Creative Commons stuff, but mostly OCR'd copywronged novels I download. Mostly science fiction, with some nonfiction, mystery, and fantasy as leavening. But if merely acknowledging the elephant in the room makes people uncomfortable, I'll let this nym die, and if I post again, it will be as a nicely-censored persona that says all the acceptable things, no matter how far from reality....
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