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Originally Posted by HarryT
There would be only one set of circumstances in which I'd consider it ethically justifiable to pirate a book:
1. If no commercial eBook was available.
and:
2. I'd bought the paper book.
In those circumstances, I'd have no qualms about downloading a pirated eBook. However, if a commercial eBook did then become commercially available, I'd buy it.
So I'd have to answer "on occasions". Very rare occasions.
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I was going to answer no, but then read this. I have for my own use and benefit converted paperbooks I own to ebook format. It's a lot of effort and I have only done it for a few books that I like so much and got back to read again so often that it was worth my while. Honestly if I had known of a source where I could have downloaded these book already in some sort of digital form I would have. I should note that every book I have done this for was in the 'orphan' category; still in copyright but unlikely to appear as a legitimate ebook anytime soon.