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Originally Posted by HarryT
If that were the case, we would not be able to say how loathsome and despicable such sites (and their users) are. One needs the freedom to be able to discuss such sites in order to condemn them - it certainly does not constitute condoning them in any way whatsoever.
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Yes it does. You are advertising them. You are making them known to people who otherwise never would have heard of them. It is a kind of support. Even bad publicity is still publicity. A certain number of people will see this thread and learn of a new place to find illegal books, and they will go there to download some.
You could just as easily say how bad it is that there are sites like this without advertising who they are. But you don't even need to do that. You could just not discuss them at all.
If this were my site, I wouldn't allow it because it does help people find places to get illegal books. And some of the discussions where people gather together and give their lame excuses of why it's not their fault is a kind of social support, easing their minds of the guilt, convincing them it's ok. I want no part of any of it. I might not be able to stop people from abusing copyright, but I'm not going to
help them, if I can avoid it. I definitely do wonder, given some of the threads here, how much mobile read is concerned about not helping with illegal activities.
Trigger the denials. But denials don't change the fact of not only this type of discussion but how about all that removing the drm business?