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Originally Posted by The Terminator
You're buying the right to read the book, if the author doesn't want you to read her/his book because you didn't pay for it they should have the RIGHT to do that. In my mind that is one of the simplest things to understand, getting paid for you work.
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I can borrow a book from a friend and read it without giving the author a cent. There is nothing wrong with doing that, and the author has no say in it whatsoever. I can do the same with pretty much every other inanimate object my friends own. The lawnmower company can't stop me, and neither can the author. You're going down a dark path if you want to start making it wrong to borrow stuff from each other.