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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
A download could be copied 1000s of times or more, whereas a physical books is likely to change hands only once every few years, perhaps.
A download can be found by searching on the web very easily, whereas a second-hand copy is more difficult (despite abe books).
A download doesn't deprive the original owner of their copy.
I'm sure that there are other differences.
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Yes you are right about those things. For myself I have always felt OK about downloading if I already owned a physical copy of the book. Trouble is I used to have thousands of books, so very few I couldn't download. However very few of those books were bought new. I need peace of mind on the subject.