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Originally Posted by Alisa
Nearly, but some might have a moral problem with downloading an unauthorized copy of a book if they could still buy it in print. If it's not available for purchase in any format, then it might not be so objectionable to them.
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Yes, that would be it. The books are just no longer in production or for sale but still under copyright. With the always extending time on copyrights this could crop up more often than it does now. (Though it should happen less if the books ever go digital.)
I predict that within the next 10 years the new copyright extension will just be listed as "1 day after the death of the reader".