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Originally Posted by arjaybe
Once you "enshrine" the concept of property, you're on the road to increasingly extreme forms of it. Making property sacrosanct sets the stage for accepting almost anything in its defence. All manner of abuse will be accepted because the victim doesn't have the proper respect for property. This encourages calling people "pirates." This permits heinous act of violence against people in the name of property. It creates a situation where the holders of the most property can make the laws to protect their privilege, and make the rest of us like it.
Under these conditions, yes it is possible for a "free" book to be "pirated."
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Your argument seems to assume there is no middle-ground. There are always shades of gray.
The situation the OP mentioned likely counts as piracy, though I doubt anyone is too het up about it.
I notice you wrote piracy with scare quotes. In your view, is downloading music, movies, books or what have you always a morally acceptable practice?