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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Because people who illegally download files are still getting to enjoy the content without compensating the creator or publishers.
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"illegally download" is a pretty murky area. It's not really all that clear in many places that downloading is actually illegal. Uploading usually is, but downloading is much more questionable.
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The only legal way to do that is to check it out from the library (who bought the copy, or received it as a donation).
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BTW, most of the material on download sites was originally bought as well. There's really not much difference between piracy and a library in that sense.
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But you still enjoyed someone else's hard work without paying for the right to enjoy it, and that's what "raises my hackles."
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I really don't see anything wrong with that part of it. Thankfully, there are tons of examples in the world of where you can enjoy something without having to pay for it.
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If the author wanted people to enjoy it for free, it would be a free e-book.
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You're talking about using copyright as a guarantee of control, which is not what it was created for.