I'll play devil's advocate: do you? In America (the only country I'm familiar with), people are sued by the RIAA or MPAA for copyright infringement. I've never

I'll play devil's advocate: do you? In America (the only country I'm familiar with), people are sued by the RIAA or MPAA for copyright infringement. I've never seen a pattern of lawsuits for pirating books[0]. So there's very little risk of getting caught. If someone has a moral problem with my piracy, I'd reply that I'm a paying member of my local library and I purchase far more books than the average person. If someone has a moral problem with them personally pirating, I'd suggest trying it out. You'll be so happy that you'll retroactively justify your behavior. Like me! [0] Exceptional cases like Aaron Swartz (who downloaded 1 million+ Jstor articles) do not a pattern make.