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Originally Posted by hildea
Ah, but I didn't ask if it was legal. You earlier claimed that doing this hurt the author, that's what I'm asking about.
I'm aware that what I do hurt Amazon, I see that as somewhere between morally neutral and morally beneficent.
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Yes, it harms Amazon, but Amazon doesn't put all the money in because it has to buy the e-books too.
The less Amazon sells, the less Amazon buys from the publisher, and the fewer royalties are paid to the author.
The abuse with regard to unauthorized copying therefore harms everyone.
Again: a paper book can only be read by one person at a time - a de-DRMed e-book can be read by a few and usually will be.