Nowadays the authors of best sellers may be earning much more than they would in the past but I suspect that for each one that does there are many hundreds of thousand authors who have virtually no chance of recouping their investment of time. Posted 14 May Downloading a book legally is not illegal. Why don't you tell us what book and from where you want to download it. That will help the discussion.
Ofc the first reaction is "if you have to ask, you're probably making something illegal". So in my opinion, the question of the user was for copyrighted material, ofc that for "free" material downloading printing copying is no violation of the copyrights.. Thank you guys for all the infos given. Anyway, I am thinking of downloading one book and wait for the threatening letter lol.
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I found a great answer on Quora by an attorney, parts of which I'm going to quote: Yes, it is illegal to download "make copies" of material that is protected by copyright. Improve this answer. JohnEye JohnEye 5 5 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. If I go to jstor. All rights reserved. No other license mentioned. If I go to sci-hub.
One of them is legal and one is not, apparently. I assume that there is an agreement between the University of Chicago Press and JStor, so they can distribute it on the internet, but not one between the University of Chicago Press and Sci-Hub. Anyway, it's a private contract between these two parties that I cannot see and audit. Am I supposed to ask for this contract every time I download a paper?
It isn't admirable. Those who aspire to the academic life should also aspire to high standards of conduct. Respect the people authors who enable your own work. Find ethical solutions to the problems you face, even when they are difficult. Buffy How do I advocate sneakiness? I actually tried quite hard to keep my personal views on the matter out of the answer and focus on the facts. As long as you don't get caught, you are unlikely to get in trouble This is true for pretty much everything you can do that might get you in trouble.
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While you say some interesting things here you are still advocating unethical behavior. Sadly it seems others here seem to agree that this is ok. It is not. Buffy I agree with you and in a perfect world everyone would act ethically and be happy.
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