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Originally Posted by darylbrayman
I for one have never put a stripped book out onto the darknet. Have I ever gotten a book there, that I wanted and couldn’t get any other way? Yes I have. Do I believe in the darknet and book piracy? No I don’t, but the publishing industry is certainly making it easier to justify the occasional trip there.
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I am the same as you. It is sad when you are willing and able to buy an ebook but denied because of where you live (despite being able to buy the paperback locally or internationally).
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Piracy is stealing. It is unethical, immoral, and illegal. A crook’s a crook, and a low-life’s a low-life. Theiving, criminally-minded scum are the reason the rest of us are forced to contend with the evils of DRM.
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Not trying to justify using the darknet but if a publisher refuses to sell you an ebook, they miss out. If after you go to the darknet and seek out that book and download it, does the publisher miss out again? Nope, they refused you the first time.
You're right though, piracy is stealing, but in this digital age is it really stealing something that you are being denied the right to purchase in the first place? I don't believe people pirating are the sole reason for DRM, what needs to be looked is "Why are people pirating?". Bet you'd find majority of the people pirating ebooks are because either (a) hurt by DRM, (b) denied sale of ebook.