> Whatever works for you I guess, lol.

Do you consider libraries to be facilitating piracy? If not, how do Causality1's examples differ?

In the UK, at least, public libraries pay a tiny fee to the author each time the book is borrowed. We are talking pennies a year but, in terms of intent at least, it is not the same.

Interesting, as an American I'd never realized that this payment existed. Here's more info about the "Public Lending Right" in some of the countries that use it: https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/03/article_0007.h...

I would if my local library uploaded torrents to Pirate Bay.

But instead they check out the copies they’ve paid for OR are in some kind of paid arrangement with a streaming service.