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Originally Posted by Quexos
Unfortunately this means the interest of the author and those of the reader are no longer the same.
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No, they have never been the same. Authors want to make money. Readers want great books for free.
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This sheds new light on the moral grounds for piracy IMO.
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Stealing is okay because authors shouldn't make money? That's not what I would call a "moral" ground for piracy.
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If the author (or publishers) fight for their rights and their interests, the reader or consumer has the moral right to fight for his own rights and if any given book is not available due to artificial reasons such as geo-restrictions, this is not the consumer's problem and he/she is morally (for lack of "legally") entitled to fight for his right to read any given book by whatever means available (again IMO)
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There is no right to read any given book by whatever means available. None. You aren't allowed to steal from an author because "I want, I want, I want."