Irc bookz 2016 for free#

Downloading is easier and I get to keep it incase I need to refer (probably not likely). here aren't multiple copies and not every book will be available.

It's more about not being able to or not wanting to pay for expensive texts. But if a book interests me I would definitely purchase it. College students don't see as a right (atleast not all of them). I even bought a tablet just to read my books on. I'm a College student so downloading books is way cheaper. FlipChart: I would rather not spend the money for physical books.

Irc bookz 2016 for free#

Since I am a Pole, and because english books are alot of hassle and money to get, I prefer to download them for free at the moment. I am a student with only small scholarship, so tight budget is the main reason why I prefer to download over buying, however I do buy at least a book or two a month. I use #bookz, I use torrents, and any internet sources really that I can get my hands on books. I used to read novels when I was in my teens, now I'm 24 and I moved towards science books and generally more informative books: biography, autobiography, history, biology, physics, management, leadership. And to spite those companies with walled-garden business models, who make most of their profits from keeping art and knowledge artificially scarce, I might even make a capitalist argument (though I'm generally critical of capitalism), and say that piracy is the market telling them to correct their pricing.īooker_: I download books because I want to learn something. If I were pressed I would make a utilitarian argument in support of piracy, that it serves the interests of more than enforcing copyright, that we need an art-inspired and knowledge-informed public more than we need moneymakers, especially when those moneymakers aren't the creators but middlemen. I admit the ethics of pirating works of living authors, especially novelists, is less black-and-white, but I would like that to be clarified by public discussion and participation. There's also the issue of privatizing scientific or scholarly knowledge (since I mainly dl and ul nonfic), especially when those studies were publicly funded. Verso: Not for a meaningful definition of theft. It's become a big part of my life and who I am and I've always challenged it as beeing thievery. In a sense, books are like healthcare, or insurance, or taxes - they are source of intellectual wealth, that not everyone can afford, but everyone absolutely needs it.įlipChart: Oh definetly not. For me it is strictly finacial choice, and really books have value much higher than material goods.

Morally, you really couldn't justify getting someones work for free. Booker_: Yes, I do belive that the argument 'downloading is theft' is right to some extent.