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Originally Posted by HarryT
Are you saying that the law in whatever country it is that you live in allows you to download anything you find on any web site without having to concern yourself about whether or not it's in the public domain in your country? I find that quite remarkable...
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Well, prepare to be surprised because yes it does, except if it is for other than the person's private and domestic use (it specifically states that, hence my earlier post's use of "commercial") or, of course, it is not of criminal content e.g. child porn. To then distribute such material is not lawful.
I suspect that similar occurs in most countries in law, or in the practice of accepting reality if the law has not caught up with technology, instant worldwide communications, rapid transport around the world, etc. (the courts in most countries, including your own, would soon be completely bogged down with cases if that were not so). It is all very fine to claim the moral high ground in these sorts of things, but often it turns out that standing up on those heady and self satisfying heights just puts the real world out of view.
Parallel importing is specifically lawful too so it is easy for personal use to import pbooks (and other physical media) not released here by the copyright holder (where copyright does not exist, for example electronic goods, motor vehicles, designer clothes and accessories, etc., etc., commercial parallel importation is lawful).