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Originally Posted by molman
- The breach of copyright (copying an artefact you don't have the license or rights to) is illegal in many countries.
- Economic impact isn't truly known. It probably lies somewhere in the middle... and more importantly the distribution is unlikely to be even.
- Moralisation of such-and-such being evil or so-in-so being good as a means for justification of actions is often childish in construct and rather baseless more oft than not.
One of the main issues is this developed sense of entitlement - if economics mean xg4bx can't read said book who are they (the others) to stop him. Just be honest that you want what you want but you're too cheap to pay what the market demands so you have decided to break the law as likely laid down in the country you live in. All the rest is just fairy tales.
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In the US, "copying an artifact you don't have the license or rights to" is necessary, but not sufficient for violating copyright.
Further, copyright law is an attempt to arbitrate the economic situation. It is supposed to represent a balancing of the creator's economic rights with the general right of the public to knowledge.
In other words, we are not dealing here with the free market, and a pure economic analysis is not appropriate. We are dealing with a contractual arrangement reflected in the law. Many of us believe that the creator side is overreaching. The extreme case is Disney.