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Originally Posted by HarryT
Here's the thing. Some of us believe that authors deserve to be paid for their work. We don't deprive authors of their livelihood because we aren't technically capable of stealing their books, but because we like to read, and so we like to reward authors for their hard work in writing the books that we read. It's a concept called "honesty".
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For the same reason, they will never borrow a book from a friend, buy a used one, read the plot summary on Wikipedia or have someone describe the plot to them...
Unless we want to appeal to the "first sale doctrine", which, in a way, can be extended to torrent "book lending"...
And I still wonder how can I pay an author who died 69 years ago.