If you are not reading this book, you are a big dumb poop head.

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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

The library pays for the media once and thousands of people have free access. ... What would you say about people who download a Watchmen torrent and delete it after 3 weeks?

Not trying to get too involved in here, but I think you answered your own question. At least the library paid for it. And they don't pay regular prices (I assume). You pay for your library card, the money goes to the library, which buys books and stuff, through which some money goes to the creators. You can't compare that with torrents where everybody just gets what he wants without paying anything to anyone.