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Originally Posted by RichL
Words on a screen (derived from 1's and 0's) are as real as words on paper derived from splashes of ink. You don't pay for a book on the internet you prevent the author from getting them ones and zero interpreted into money (a very physical thing eh?) that could have bought the authors food just as surely as if you had stolen an ink splashed paper book.
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That would only be the case if it was an independent self published writer, or a vanity published writer who was lucky enough to earn out their advance.