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Originally Posted by mgmueller
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In this case:
Buying and sideloading vs. sideloading pirated stuff.
Free downloads don't make sense in this context, since it's rarely pirated.
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Erroneous assumption.
There are a lot of "free downloads" available on the sharing sites. Not everyone has access to the same sources, or even knows that an item is being offered for free somewhere else.
If the assumption is that anyone who sideloads from those sharing sites it a pirate, then you are labeling people sharing free books as pirates, too.
And unless you yourself frequent sharing sites and fact check whether or not a book is being offered for free somewhere on a retail site, then you really have no idea what is being shared and to what degree.
