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Originally Posted by omk3
Very, very true!
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.
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. |
Just because you aren't taking a physical object doesn't mean you aren't stealing. If you don't compensate someone for what you are taking, in this case the author's creation, you are stealing! There is nothing to decide when it comes to the morality of stealing!