Pirating ebooks?

[schneefink]

I was talking about this recently and I'm wondering what you guys think.

Poll #20275

This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 38

It's okay to pirate an ebook when:

never
3 (7.9%)

you already own the ebook but it's on a different device
27 (71.1%)

you already own a physical copy of the book
17 (44.7%)

you used to own a copy of the book but don't anymore
4 (10.5%)

the library has a copy of the book
2 (5.3%)

the author is a terrible person that you don't want to give money to
16 (42.1%)

you can't afford to buy it
9 (23.7%)

you can't afford to buy it right now but plan to buy it once you can
11 (28.9%)

you can't buy it for technical reasons
21 (55.3%)

other (please explain in a comment)
8 (21.1%)

Comments

[schneefink]

Yeah, that's annoying :(

[sheron]

Kobo is much better about formats than Amazon, so I tend to buy my ebooks there:

https://www.kobo.com/

[schneefink]

I always try to buy my ebooks somewhere other than Amazon (usually at Thalia), but there are some not available anywhere else and it's annoying.

[sheron]

Hmm never heard of Thalia and google reveals nothing that looks relevant. Is that an ebook site?

[schneefink]

It's a large bookstore in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. I got my ebook reader there so it's easy to buy directly from them.