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I see piracy as theft (we can avoid the debate, I know that there are folks who claim it is not theft because nothing physical is stolen and that it something else. Let's safely assume we have had said debate and you think I am an idiot for calling it theft after you explain why it is not and I think that you are simply playing with semantics to make people feel better for not paying for something that they should be paying for.) So, yes, I do feel that it is wrong and should be avoided.
I have stated that I would only pirate a book when I have purchased the book and the e-book is not available on the market. The day the e-book becomes available, I will buy the e-book because I believe the author should get paid for their efforts. I paid for one format, I want another format, I pay for the second format.
I get that other people do not see it the same way and feel like it is ok to pirate e-books of books they already own even if they could purchase the e-books. I have seen the various reasons why. I don't agree with this but such is life. I would not encourage said behavior but I am not going to run around saying that people who pirate are evil.
I think they are wrong but I do things that other people think are wrong as well. So I will continue to work on crashing airplanes with my Kindle, they will continue to "infringe on the copyright" and we will all have to let whatever diety we believe in sort it out in the end.
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