I'm not quite understanding your question about whether it's okay.

If you are asking if it's legal, no, it isn't. By downloading the file, you are creating an unauthorized copy of a copyrighted book. 

If you are asking whether it's ethical, that's a completely different question, but I'd probably say no to that one as well. That one's up for a lot more debate.

If you are asking if you will get in trouble, the answer is almost definitely no. The fact that TPB operates internationally makes it a jurisdictional nightmare, and I don't ever see an international copyright case against millions of users happening.



Josh Welker
Electronic/Media Services Librarian
College Liaison
University Libraries
Southwest Baptist University
417.328.1624


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Subject: [CODE4LIB] With piratebay.se is it "okay" to read the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee at http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/4552673/Harper_Lee_-_To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_ORIGINAL_FULL_ebook_pdf

With piratebay.se is it "okay" to read the book
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
at
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/4552673/Harper_Lee_-_To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_ORIGINAL_FULL_ebook_pdf