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Old 01-30-2012, 04:57 PM   #49
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
There would be only one set of circumstances in which I'd consider it ethically justifiable to pirate a book:

1. If no commercial eBook was available.

and:

2. I'd bought the paper book.

In those circumstances, I'd have no qualms about downloading a pirated eBook. However, if a commercial eBook did then become commercially available, I'd buy it.

So I'd have to answer "on occasions". Very rare occasions.
This exactly. I also sought out Darknet copies of two ebooks I purchased that became unusable because ADE decided I was no longer allowed to read them.
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