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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Without piracy there would have never been an ebook industry. Just like there would have never been an mp3 industry. Piracy created a demand for devices that make use of pirated content away from the computer, and it is those devices that made it possible to profit from digital content.
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Very, very true!
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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
No, I got it from various geek sites (where they do know what they are talking about) and IT techs I know who advise against downloading any pirated media since that is a popular vehicle for malware. I trust entertainment press releases as far as I can spit upwind in a stiff breeze.
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Sure, there may be malware in pirated
media. But I don't think it's even possible to have malware in ebooks. They're just text, after all. Other media, sure. Plus, most people who share ebooks are readers, not hackers. They're mostly interested in sharing books they like with other people. Don't we all? The only difference is that now you can share with thousands instead of a dozen.
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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
You are comparing apples and oranges. Nowhere did I mention or allude to stealing computers.
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The thing is, you can't steal a digital copy, because it's not missing after you take it. It's been argued to death already. There can only be artificial scarcity with digital files (like libraries having only one copy of an ebook
), but no real one.
Is any of it legal? No.
Is it moral? Every one has to decide for themselves on that one.