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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
And what has the author lost by having his novel on pirate sites? He still has the fruits of his labor. I know that it's not illegal for the author to use the digital copy the same way that it isn't illegal to sell PD works for profit. But I still think that both are equally immoral.
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The difference is that the author owns a copyright and the digitizer/pirate owns nothing. Because of the copyright, the fruits of the author's labor include the right to control distribution and to make money. The fruits of the digitizer/pirate's labor do not extend to those two things.