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Old 11-15-2016, 04:42 PM   #425
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
As I said a while ago, there are (and always have been) people with a misguided sense of entitlement. I certainly don't believe they represent the majority of readers, or even a significant minority. Most people who are serious readers have more respect for authors than to steal from them.
Yeah, but I do see a distinction between stealing something that is already available and something that is otherwise unavailable.

Does Lee Gruenfeld make any more money off of you buying a used book from Abebooks than he does off of someone else downloading an amateur scan?
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