Thread: Do you pirate books and why?
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Old 02-02-2012, 03:36 PM   #185
WT Sharpe
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
This could indeed happen. But see... Amazon does not want to "sell" me the free, $0 version of Dickens' Great Expectations 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.
While I'm against piracy of works that are otherwise available in commercial outlets, I can understand why people pirate material that isn't available legally. If the powers-that-be don't provide a legal means of obtaining works people want to read, I can't feel too sorry for them when people pirate their works. All I'm saying in such cases is be careful, and be aware of the possible consequences.
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