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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
All it takes is one case where a downloader can legitimately claim a fair use reason to download--or being in a country where it's legal (like visiting Canada and downloading texts that are in the public domain there but not in the US)--and they've got grounds for a whopping lawsuit against the publisher.
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Fair use is only valid if you've got the money to stand up for it in court and through multiple tiers of appeals, which 99% of Americans don't have. The other 1%... well, they have enough money to buy out Congress if they really wanted to.