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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
A number of members have stated that they would only pirate a book if the book is, for whatever reason, unavailable legally. So far I've never heard of book publishers going after end users, but as the practice of imposing stiff fines against those who pirate music and making an example of end users is common in the music business, I would be remiss if I didn't remind folks that book publishers may adopt a similar model any day.
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This could indeed happen. But see... Amazon does not want to "sell" me the free, $0 version of Dickens' Great Expectations (which I may want to read, despite the very mixed reviews) because of copyright reasons. Also, other stores don't sell it, because for some reason, it can/may not be sold to Dutch people.
Within 5 seconds I can find hundreds of free downloadable versions, all stating that it's a public domain book.
Officially, I'm pirating a free book, if there's such a thing; but it doesn't feel like it.
I do the same with movies. Sometimes I want to see a movie, but it is not out on DVD yet, in The Netherlands, and I can't buy it in another country because it's often dubbed, subtitles are missing, or it's region encoded. Then you can rest assured that I *will* download the movie, watch it, and buy it at the moment it does come available.