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A comment on Book Piracy as Peer Preservation. Parent comment

Re:Book Piracy as Peer Preservation by 6d6b73 on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:13PM (#12166643)
It's about as legal as buying a stolen TV.
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Re:Book Piracy as Peer Preservation by snovv_crash on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:20PM (#12166714)
I think a knockoff TV would be a better analogy.
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Re:Book Piracy as Peer Preservation by wolfgke on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @02:54PM (#12167959)
I don't think this is a good analogy either: Since at a knockoff TV the seller deceives the buyer that the TV is an original. So it's a clear case of fraud.
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