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Originally Posted by HarryT
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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Well if Mary borrows the book from a library you could make the argument that the author's estate has lost out financially too. Or if Mary buys a used copy of the book. In fact publishers aren't fond of either of these options for just that reason - or rather, because the publisher hasn't collected on Mary reading the book. <shrug>
I'll take your word for it that Open Library may have some books that are there without the author's permission, but I can't see that anybody else is making any profit from the books bein borrowed, read, and returned. What am I missing?