[rnkn]

Is this just a site for people to steal authors' work?

[JellyBeanThief]

Correct. Although this particular incarnation wants you to sign in now, where the last official one required no user account. So go ahead and add harvesting email addresses and maybe passwords to the list of features.

[daniel_reetz]

There have been some historical incidents of pirate sites coming back online and being honeypots. Be careful out there, everyone.

[braingenious]

No, “reading a thing without permission” is not analogous to taking a thing away from a person.

[willnonya]

This is one of the problems with 'anti-piracy' efforts. They work under the assumption that if not for free access millions of people would have instead paid for access to their priduct.

The reality is they would not...

[yucky]

Is reading a thing online stealing, while reading it in the library or a bookstore is not?

[tiahura]

Yes.