I Am Not Sure If I Should Do It

@GwydionFrost It's not the library but Overdrive software and system. And is it piracy? Piracy is stealing. There's still copies of that ebook in the system, I'm just considering taking that ebook out of the system to read at my leisure instead of a two week limit. The book is still in the system itself for everyone else.

@PennyHenny Grabbing a movie out of Redbox and ripping a copy of the DVD is keeping the movie in the system, too.

It's still unlawful acquisition (you are keeping something that you did not pay for-- a personal unauthorized copy of it).

@GwydionFrost Someone that's purposefully bootlegging movies and such are either the kind that wouldn't buy that thing in the first place or giving/selling to those that wouldn't buy it either. So one could argue that it's no loss/no gain if those weren't going to pay in to the system either way.

Either way, I'm with the Chinese ideal with copyright.

@PennyHenny Remember this when you see someone else's name on a story you wrote. ;)

@GwydionFrost I'm talking about dragging and dropping a file so I can read it on my device instead of my laptop, not turning on someone else's work for their credit, first off.

And secondly, open copyright doesn't eliminate a creator's rights.It still in allows for the original creator to have their name and business on their work along with dates and the usual "original work/design by" labeling. It just allows for others to imitate.

I've had someone use an essay of mine as their own in HS without my knowledge. Find out from a teacher. It's not a huge deal to me personally.

@PennyHenny As a writer, artist, and inventor... I prefer that [b]I[/b] get paid/recognized/credited for my work, rather than someone else who did nothing to earn it pocketing it for themselves. Perhaps when your livelihood relies upon this reality, you will understand.

@GwydionFrost The concept of owning creativity is alien to my culture. We don't assume we're owed because what we create is appreciated by others, but then we don't expect talent and creation to be used for monetary gain. Granted, these days money is important to everyday living but we largely keep work and creativity separate because you can't put a price tag on mana.

@PennyHenny I don't assume people should pay me because they appreciate my work... but when they take it for their own use without compensation or permission or accredition...?

Yeah. Got issues with that.

It's not the creativity you own-- it's the fruits of your labor. And any craftsman is going to laugh at your statement of talent and creativity not being used for gain. It's the benchmark of quality, investing talent, skill, and creativity, and thus, should equate to proper payment for time and resources spent to create the product.

@GwydionFrost You're putting your own cultural concepts on my people's cultural concepts. None of my featherwork I've done is done for anything other than the act of creation. If someone wants to buy it, fine. But if someone wants to copy it, fine.

Either way, once again, I'm not talking about walking in to a bookstore and swiping a book. I'm talking about an ebook through a library's ebook loan system that I've found can be read on my kindle instead of just my laptop. It's not like I'm reselling or telling others how to exploit a hole in the wall.