Readers Weigh In on Piracy

Yesterday, we asked readers whether they thought it seems justified to turn to a pirated edition of an eBook if there is no legitimate edition available. This discussion got going after we posted a link to a pirated edition of Roberto Bolano’s 2666, for which we took a good deal of–we now think appropriate–flack.

One reader, posting as “tsutrav,” felt very strongly that partaking of a pirated book was never ok:

It’s not right to turn to a pirated edition, just because the publisher hasn’t made the choice to make it available to me, in the format I choose.

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