[nhinck2]

The only reason you get to keep the book is because no bothers to enforce the law, this doesn't make it legal.

And it is your job to check that you have the rights to use other people's work. Ignorance is not a defence.

[ribosometronome]

>the law

Which ones? As far as I was aware, it's a crime to redistribute copyrighted works, not receive.

[nhinck2]

Copyright act 1968. Sect 116.