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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Yeah, sure, whatever you say. Take your openness somewhere else and stop advocating piracy on MobileRead.
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but I have not interpreted barryem's posts as advocating piracy. I think he has been open, probably too open, about what he himself does, but I did not take him as either suggesting others do it or even suggesting that it is right. He is simply pointing out the reality. I don't think Americans are any different to other nationalities in this regard. Despite the efforts by various groups representing rights holders, I also suspect that most people still do not regard copyright infringement as equivalent to larceny. And technically they are correct, at least historically, since an essential element of common law larceny was the intent to deprive the owner permanently of the goods concerned, as well as carry them away.