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Originally Posted by HarryT
If my carelessness results in a loss to someone, I'm struggling to understand how I could be considered not to be responsible for that loss. The fact that I didn't do it maliciously, in no way changes the outcome of the event.
You seem to be arguing that you don't want the source of pirated books to be trackable, for fear of being held accountable for your actions?
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Accountable for what, exactly? You should not be criminally accountable for someone else choosing to commit a crime. You're the one who likes the door-locking analogy, flawed though it is: do you think the police should be charging and prosecuting people who didn't use the latest, greatest, and most expensive door locks?
I leave a paper book lying around the house, and a flatmate takes photocopies of it, scans them, and distributes them. Should I be criminally liable for that, too? How about if my old vinyl records are stolen from the garage, digitised, and distributed? The criminal is the person who commits the crime.