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Originally Posted by kennyc
try just a little bit harder and you might get it yet. 
It really doesn't matter if it's a physical object I own or an item of intellectual property. If you take it without permission, that is stealing. |
You are free to call this steeling however I feel it's not black nor white in this situation as you are bombarded with these "products" for free too.
I listen to the radio and hear the song for free I would like to own but can't because of geograhical restrictions.
I can watch a series on my television for free - yet I download it because thats more convenient than buying a PVR and try to record the show with the ever changing the airing-schedule
I can watch a movie for free on my television - or I download it to watch that movie "time-shifted"
So I don't think of myself as a thieve when downloading "illegal" versions of stuff that is already thrown at me for free. Unless there is an obligation that I am unaware of any obligations to buy from the advertisements accompanying this "free" stuff?
Back to the topic books here:
I can borrow an pBook from the library/friend for "free" (no do not to start the library discussion) - yet when I want the format of these "free books" shifted into an eBook format I am suddenly a thief?
In the Netherlands library-card holders can get an pBook for free. Am I a thief for downloading the eBook version from the Darknet (and did NOT pay € 14,-)??
Back to topic of the geographical restrictions:
When I want to reward the author for their effort to entertain me with the story - I want to reward the publisher for the effort of shifting the pBook into an eBook and only for this eBook I am refused service - then screw them - i'll copy a version from the darknet and feel no remorse because I tried to buy yet can't due to unnecessary restrictions: in both situations they get nothing from me - ergo I feel free to act as I do.
Perhaps they should start selling regionalized eBook readers - and enforce this on the manufacturers