The relevant question isn't whether Tufte would approve of someone pirating his books but whether he would make a huge legal case out of it. I'm pretty confiden

The relevant question isn't whether Tufte would approve of someone pirating his books but whether he would make a huge legal case out of it. I'm pretty confident in saying that he wouldn't try to make everyone who downloaded it a federal felon and get thrown in prison for even a day, let alone years.