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Originally Posted by MikeOxlittle
Interested in seeing the opinions on a situation like this ....
In a case like this, can piracy be considered a good thing?
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Let's change your little story except that you didn't pirate the book -- you shoplifted it.
It you really give all the free publicity suggested, your shoplifting probably did benefit the creators of the book. So what? To me, it is still wrong.
The implication of your post is that morality is solely a matter of whether anyone is harmed. If that's what you think, sure, piracy can be seen as a good thing.
A big problem with your hypothetical is that the piracy comes before the reading and the posting. What happens when you read the pirated book and find it to be a fine work from a purely literary standpoint, but hate the author's perspective on life?