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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I see e-books as being more akin to broadcasts of a television program: While not a tangible object, per se, it still represents a specific, copywritten and protected work, and those who access them are still limited by law to what they are allowed to do with them--for instance, I cannot tape an episode of "Lost," then charge people to come to a private venue and watch those episodes, nor to make multiple copies of that tape and give them away, even for free... those uses are, by U.S. definition, illegal.
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I know if you hook up to the cable systems feed or use a box that gets premiums that you don't subscribe to the cable company says that this is "THEFT OF CABLE" service. There is no "tangible" property but I believe they have prosecuted people for this.
So, if you getting cable without paying for it is "theft" I don't see how getting an ebook you didn't pay for or copy following the rules it isn't "theft" too.
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