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Old 08-25-2015, 11:33 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy View Post
To me, the big problem is not Mary who goes to a site and grabs "The Great Gatsby" to read for herself.
If Mary would have otherwise purchased the book, the author's estate has still lost out financially as a result of Mary's illegal download of the book. That's the problem with "archive.org"; unlike MR or Project Gutenberg, it's not a "curated" collection.
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