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are e-books and chm files available for free download legal ?

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/are-e-books-and-chm-files-available-for-free-download-legal.147289/

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fz8975 Original post #1
Oct 7, 2011 at 10:02 AM
I just needed some e-books on networking, so i googled it. I found pdfs and many chm files available for free download and also some HUGE torrents...

I want to know that are these books legal ..? ?
Alok
Alok #2
Oct 7, 2011 at 1:33 PM
It depends on site from where you downloading.
Anish
Anish #3
Oct 7, 2011 at 5:51 PM
Some books are given by the authors freely (rarely i suppose). But some most of the books in pdf format are pirated(scanned) and uploaded:-?
Sumeet_naik
Sumeet_naik #4
Oct 7, 2011 at 6:50 PM
Almost all ebooks on torrents are pirated.