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@troykm
Apart from being immoral, torrents are a bad idea because the torrent software permits other users to download parts of the file from your computer.
This means that you are distributing (parts of) books that you do not own the copyright which is illegal.
ISPs can be forced to produce their records to show you did this and you can be sued.
That is what has happened in Australia and elsewhere to pirated movie downloaders.
A more interesting problem is this: is it illegal to do direct downloads of various movies/mp3s/ebooks from the warez sites? Because in a direct dl, unlike torrents, you do not distribute them to anyone else.
You are in possession of a pirated book but I am not sure that possession is illegal (like possession of heroin).
Interesting.
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