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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
P2P is not legal if the books are copyrighted.
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Depends on copyright law in your particular country, but it's not like it matters much. Copyright law as it stands is ridiculous, antiquated, and about as useful as a rubber duck made from lead.
Here's my own rule of thumb for all this:
DRM = no sale (I bought one with this crap on it, won't do it again, and yes I know I can circumvent the DRM, but why should I?)
DRM Free, non-ridiculous price = sale
Unavailable as ebook = download and buy pbook (author loses nothing)
Already own as pbook = download (it's format shifting as far as I'm concerned)
Offered free with a means of donation = donation given (my favourite model)
Available at local library, would never think of buying but wouldn't mind reading it = loan from library or download, delete copy after reading
"Piracy" or more accurately "sharing" is not the enemy of the author and never will be. The companies that restrict, price too high, make unavailable and don't promote the author are the real enemies. Price it right (as Sonist said) and you'd find most of the "pirates" wouldn't bother. Just look at Baen, no "pirate" would touch that stuff, it would be against their code of ethics.