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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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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.
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On one particular
poll almost 65% of the people said they 'pirate' books they have in tree format currently.
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I knew someone who downloaded a book that they already owned in paper format. (Format-shifting.)
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Almost 60% of the people said they would 'pirate' a book if it was not available in electronic format.
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I knew someone who downloaded a book because the book didn't legally exist in electronic form. (Unavailability.)
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That SEEMS to be the consensus...at least the majority opinion here.
Those two reasons apply to the OP, they have a book that A) They own and B) it is not available in electronic format.
Using that as a basis for my question, I merely asked 'why go to the trouble of scanning, proofing, and formatting when the book is probably already out there somewhere?'