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When you read a free book at the public library instead of paying the publisher for it, are you stealing?
by travoc 3y ago
When you read a free book at the public library instead of paying the publisher for it, are you stealing?
- wannacboatmovie 3y agoYour taxes fund the library and the expenses necessary to loan you the book. You need a library card before they'll loan you the book which is given out only to people who pay taxes in that district. The card is your authorization just like a license for software or other copyrighted works. If I, a stranger, took your car out of your driveway without permission, is it stealing if I promised to return it?
- yladiz 3y agoI'm not really sure where you're going with the "is it stealing if I take your car without permission" line, I don't think it really works here (or maybe I'm missing what you're meaning here). A good example of where the lines of "stealing" are blurry could be this: A friend of yours has a login to Amazon Prime, and gives you the login credentials, which let you watch a show you would have otherwise had to pay for or somehow acquire. Is this stealing? Similarly, if you go to a public library in a city you don't live in, with a card of a friend's, and check out a book, is it stealing?
- beej71 3y agoIf I, a stranger, made an exact copy of your car in your driveway without permission, is it stealing at all?