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Originally Posted by Catlady
Taking on moral responsibility for the ripple effect of one's legitimate actions seems to give off a whiff of inflated self-importance. If you loan your car to a friend, and that friend has an accident and kills a pedestrian, are you responsible?
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My point is that giving someone a copy of a book is not a "legitimate action"; it's copyright infringement (in the UK, at least). So if, as the result of my ILlegitimate action, a book gets more widely pirated, then yes, it is my fault, and that's why I choose not to do it.