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Originally Posted by TGS
If I understand correctly there might be three sorts of material from that get downloaded from the Darknet in descending order of naughtiness*: - Material that is available in a variety of media and or formats but the individual wants to get if for nothing if they can
- Material that is available in a variety of media and/or formats, but the individual wants it in a different media and/or format
- Material that is not currently available - new or second-hand - in any format
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Pretty much everything's available second-hand at some price or another. The issue is with content not available new, in a way that would let publishers earn money from it.
Or perhaps #3 should be split into two:
3a--Material not available new, and secondhand copies are rare collectibles that tend to be priced very high
3b--Material not available new, but widely & cheaply available second-hand.
I'm not sure which would be more "naughty" as a torrent download. On the one hand, wide availability of 2ndhand copies leads to the concept, "just *buy* one, and do the work of digitizing it yourself!" On the other, those copies also lead to a justification of, "nobody's losing any money if I download this."
Hm. Which is more reprehensible--downloading
Alvin Fernald, Superweasel, or the
Azoetia?