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Originally Posted by Joshua.P
That's how it should be everywhere.
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I agree. In my opinion (yes, I know that "legal" and "illegal" is not determined based on my opinion, but I think this makes common sence) this is within "fair use" of a book. I use about an hour of my time copying a book I want, but cannot buy anywhere; my time is precious to me so this makes the copy process more expensive than buying the book, but gives the possibility to make a copy where a purchase is physically impossible. It also gives those who cannot afford to buy the book a copy in exchange for some effort. Everyone who can afford the book and where the book is available for purchase would purchase it because it's cheaper than copying it (when you take into account the time it takes to copy it).
This kind of copying is in my opinion not piracy