Thread: Do you pirate books and why?
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Old 02-05-2012, 11:34 AM   #243
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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.
I also answered "on occasions". I go with:
1. if no ebook is available (but I do buy a print version in those cases).
2. if the ebook sucks (formatting/spelling) or if the ebook is DRM protected. If the ebook is protected, I look for an open copy so I can have a backup. Or I strip the DRM, but I hate dealing with that crap, so I look for one online first.
3. rarely, if I have a print version. But I rarely re-read novels, so this applies mostly to textbooks.
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