Stop acting like you have some sort of right to access content that you don't own or have not acquired though methods that the author has authorized. To answer

Stop acting like you have some sort of right to access content that you don't own or have not acquired though methods that the author has authorized. To answer your question regarding library ... libraries have a limited number of copies (versus the unlimited digital pirated copies) thus still creating a supply a demand market that may have some people decide to simply purchase if there is a long wait list for a popular title. >PS: Downloading content for which you lack a license is not illegal. That depends on where you live ... however morally it's wrong no matter where you are. >Stop it with this meaningless worship of the fiction of intellectual property. Those who create works have the option of controlling the licensing ... same as with software, hey can open source, close source, public source etc... the point is they have the choice... if you can't respect the decisions of those who license under licenses you don't personally agree with how can you expect anyone to respect works licensed under licenses that you do approve of.