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Originally Posted by HarryT
The end result? No difference whatsoever. As I've stated in another thread, I've done exactly that myself - bought another complete set of HP books, and download the pirated eBooks.
However, my point is that it's unreasonable to expect media companies not to regard this as piracy. They cannot know that I've bought the extra set of books, and I rather suspect that most people who download the pirated books do not do this. I regard the media companies as being absolutely within their rights to come after illegal downloaders.
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I love how disconnected the DMCA is from the experiences of normal people. It's morally okay to rip your own DVDs and It's morally okay to engage a 3rd party to do the ripping by downloading from a torrent site, but both are illegal. Media companies are within their rights to go after downloaders, but downloaders should have a balancing defence for media shifting; the lack of balance in the DMCA and similar pieces of copyright legislation is the real problem. Expecting a balanced approach to copyright law is not unreasonable.