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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Assuming, of course, that the downloader would have actually bought the book in the first place. Which is a big assumption.
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If they make use of the work, they should be willing to pay for that use. Normally this is covered by buying the book, or through taxes or other fees if you read it from a library (which buys legal copies). Ethically, the argument that
"I shouldn't have to pay for it because I wouldn't have bought it" holds no water at all. At the very least, such an argument leads to some rather circular reasoning;
Its ok to download and use copyrighted material if I would not have bought it anyway but since I can download it, I won't buy it therefore it is ok to download it.
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Bill