Look up the incredible profit margins of publishers such as Elsevier or Springer.
University researchers/teachers who publish books or articles through them often get paid nothing (zero), or very little. And they do not care, since their goal is get publications in prestigious venues, which helps them in their academic career.
My point is that this stuff should be free, open access, published at low cost through university presses etc. So pirating academic books is basically fine.
University researchers/teachers who publish books or articles through them often get paid nothing (zero), or very little. And they do not care, since their goal is get publications in prestigious venues, which helps them in their academic career.
My point is that this stuff should be free, open access, published at low cost through university presses etc. So pirating academic books is basically fine.