> The person who submitted the Scribd version of the document could have linked to the freely downloadable version instead. I think I heard that links to pdfs

> The person who submitted the Scribd version of the document could have linked to the freely downloadable version instead. I think I heard that links to pdfs are automatically converted to scribd. And saying "scribd's service is annoying, but you can't blame them if someone takes advantage of it" is a little silly. You're right about the dumb uses thing, but in this case the dumb use happens to be one of the intended uses. You can't blame HammerCo that their product sucks at driving screws, but they are absolutely responsible for ensuring that it doesn't suck at banging nails.