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by olalonde 5629 days ago
So if I call up my local library and make sure the book is available, it is ethical to download the pirated copy... right?
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No, you should check out the book so they know people are interested in it and perhaps then will order more copies. Maybe it would then be ok to download it and use it for the period you have it checked out, but even that is debatable because then you might be supporting the continuation of the illegal distribution, causing more people to download it illegally.