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Originally Posted by Crusader
In general a "workaround" is used to PURCHASE the ebook by stating that you are in country actually allowed by the geographic restrictions to buy the book. You PAY for the book so there's no theft. The only thing you are guilty of is bypassing the idiotic barriers the publishers have put up to prevent you from throwing money at them...
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I am not suggesting that using a "workaround" IS theft, I'm suggesting that it is obtaining goods by deception. Both obtaining goods by deception and theft are illegal. Sometimes we can attempt to justify acting illegally, for example we are interested in "...bypassing the idiotic barriers the publishers have put up...". But if we do that we have to find another reason for condemning darknet piracy other than its illegality - since we have just argued that sometimes illegality doesn't necessarily make an act "wrong".