I come from a country where people do not normally read historical fiction and least of all, European history unless its a course at their school. So finding books is hard and somet..."
If I recall correctly, you're talking about me and I was not offended, I was just making it clear that what you're doing is illegal and you got angry.
This isn't a "privacy" issue, it's theft issue. Not having the money to buy a product, especially one for entertainment and not survival, does not mean you're entitled to steal it. You said yourself it doesn't justify it but every single other word you say attempts to do just that.
There are plenty of other, more affordable options - you can buy used books online for much cheaper or you can join an international a book swap and pay only for shipping.
You will, of course, continue to illegally download free ebooks and frankly, I don't really care - just stop trying to justify it and don't openly try to solicit other people on GR into it as though there's nothing wrong with it.
I come from a country where people do not normally read historical fiction and least of all, European history unless its a course at their school. So finding books is hard and somet..."
If I recall correctly, you're talking about me and I was not offended, I was just making it clear that what you're doing is illegal and you got angry.
This isn't a "privacy" issue, it's theft issue. Not having the money to buy a product, especially one for entertainment and not survival, does not mean you're entitled to steal it. You said yourself it doesn't justify it but every single other word you say attempts to do just that.
There are plenty of other, more affordable options - you can buy used books online for much cheaper or you can join an international a book swap and pay only for shipping.
You will, of course, continue to illegally download free ebooks and frankly, I don't really care - just stop trying to justify it and don't openly try to solicit other people on GR into it as though there's nothing wrong with it.
The original topic was closed so I'm not sure why you decided to bring this up again nearly a year later: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...