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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
The moral issue goes beyond not paying the author. Piracy is in the same ballpark with book shoplifting and plagiarism, the latter being, among other things, another form of copyright infringement. The moral issue is using the book in a way not authorized by the author (or, in the case of many books, the book team including author, editor, agent, translator, designer, and support staff).
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This is the kind of argument that paints everything so black and white that it makes me want to rush right over and embrace the dark side.
Even the copyright laws allow for a big gray area called fair use.