A group of parasitic busibodies in Washington doing the dirty work of crony-capitalist publishing houses to squeeze the American people for every last cent for works they didn't even create has little to do with real morality. So forgetting these paid-for laws, let's consider justice alone. For me to have committed a transgression, there is neccessarily a transgressed against (injured) party. In your scenario there is no financial damage to anyone by your actions. It is a pretty twisted world we live in where I would be held criminal for an act of convenience to myself which in no way affected any other party.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
There would be only one set of circumstances in which I'd consider it ethically justifiable to pirate a book:
1. If no commercial eBook was available.
and:
2. I'd bought the paper book.
In those circumstances, I'd have no qualms about downloading a pirated eBook. However, if a commercial eBook did then become commercially available, I'd buy it.
So I'd have to answer "on occasions". Very rare occasions.
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