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Someone refusing to sell you something is not a permission to steal it. (I do agree that the situation is ridiculous though)

• unethical_ban 10y ago
  If they wouldn't have gotten my money anyway, and I am copying the work, it is not theft.
  • Wildgoose 10y ago
    Ah, but I wanted to give them my money. I do recognise their right to be recompensed for their work. However if they then decline to exercise that right....
    • DanBC 10y ago
      You could have bought the paperbook, and also pirated the ebook.
    • hsod 10y ago
      Shouldn't they get to determine the nature of the compensation? They did not decline to exercise the right, they exercised it in a way that was not convenient for you so you chose to ignore their right to be compensated. Doesn't seem like much of a principled stand to me.