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darryl, I don't disagree with anything you've said in your post above. Of course nobody is going to end up in court for downloading something from "archive.org". The reason for my warning about the contents of the site was simply to make people aware that it is not always a "safe" site to download from, and that if downloading pirated books is something that you wish to avoid doing (and many people on this forum disagree with piracy), you may wish to check the legitimacy of a book that you find on the site before you download it. If, as some people on this thread have indicated, they feel that this is "not their job", and they don't wish to do so, then that is of course their personal choice to make.
I make no apology, however, for giving the warning about the site: it's a site that I make extensive use of for both personal reading matter and academic research, and I have personally (and one more than one occasion) had quite obviously pirated books appear among the search results returned by the site. Some people may find that warning useful. Those who do not are free to ignore it.
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