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The law (especially statute as opposed to common law) has never been about what's right, but only about what's legal.
As the law stands, unauthorized downloads are not legal. Period, end of sentence. Now many MR members and even some authors do not have a significant problem with a person downloading an electronic version of a book they physically own if there is no legal electronic version available. It's illegal but not everyone considers it wrong.
This is because the person is making a good faith effort to pay, rather than attempting to get something for nothing. However it would be a grave mistake to assume this opinion is universal.
The law is what it is and we have to either live with it or work to change it.
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