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> Is that a crime? You didn't say where you are. Copyright infringement tends not to be a criminal offence, unless you're doing it as part of a business (so if
by DanBC 4y ago
> Is that a crime?
You didn't say where you are. Copyright infringement tends not to be a criminal offence, unless you're doing it as part of a business (so if you print out copies of that ebook and sell them) or you do so much of it you distort the market (you distribute so many copies of that ebook you destroy the profits that publisher might have made).
The rights holder can sue for their losses, but this tends to be the cost of the item, so they tend not to do that.