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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I'm not sure if that's different from clicking on a link at a site that says "totally free ebooks." At what point is the consumer required to check the legality of the advertised content?
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In a sane legal system: at no point at all.
C. J. Cherryh stated on here several times that she receives no money for her eBooks available for sale... and basically that most (all?) have never been authorized by either her or her publisher.
So basically either the customer is not required to check and is blameless for mistakes/crimes of the seller (and downloading is legal for the same reason)... or most everyone on Mobileread who owns "legally" purchased C. J. Cherryh eBooks is likely to be open for prosecution for copyright infringement.
Perhaps people should just give themselves up, in hopes of receiving a lesser punishment.
- Ahi