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Originally Posted by axel77
If I pirate a book, that my library next door bought, wouldn't it still be somehow comparable to lending it? Since they *did* buy that book already.
Its all so complicated...
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If you actually check out the book, and only read the downloaded version while you had the book checked out of the library, yes, I guess it would be pretty comparable. Checking out the book is important because otherwise the library doesn't know the author is popular and has no reason to buy their next book or recommend the current one (even assuming you don't live in a country that compensates authors for library loans).