One thing the book industry has against it is a few hundred years of institutionalized free books in the form of libraries. I've often struggled with the difference between going to the library and getting a book and downloading the torrent and reading it. I rarely reread books and in neither case do I end up with something physical sitting on my shelf...<p>They seems the same to me, ethically speaking. I'd love to hear a well thought out counter opinion. And if is <i>isn't</i> the same, then what is the digital equivalent of my neighborhood library?