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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
This is a new thought for me; I'd thought having the copies themselves was against the law, not just the distribution of them.
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Copyright law talks about authorization to distribute content, it says nothing about receiving it. This is not like "possessing stolen goods".
If someone buys a book from a retailer that doesn't have licensing rights from the publisher, the retailer is committing copyright infringement. It is not illegal for the buyer to possess the book.