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Originally Posted by HarryT
The law can help you deal with a crime, but there's no obligation to use it. If someone steals from you, you're perfectly entitled to march up and down outside his house with a placard saying "John Smith is a thief", until he pays you back, rather than reporting the matter to the police, if that's your preference. "Name and shame" can be a very effective way of dealing with a problem.
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Well, that is fine. I prefer if someone steals from me, it goes on their actual criminal record.
But if he is choosing to treat it like a silly prank that someone played on him rather than a crime, then people are going to perpetuate the idea that piracy is a silly practical joke rather than a real crime.
Doesn't sound like
he is really taking the matter seriously if he calls the internet rather than get licensed professionals to slap him with a fine and jail time.
I typed in "name of book free download" in a search engine and saw not too far down the line about 5-6 other (likely illegal) places it could be downloaded, so clearly he doesn't seem to take too hard of a line on piracy.