

I generally disapprove of illegal downloads, but wasn’t this O.K.?Ĭohen's response: "An illegal download is - to use an ugly word - illegal. Then I found a pirated version online, downloaded it to my e-reader and took it on my trip. So I did, all 1,074 pages, more than three and a half pounds.

The publisher apparently withheld it to encourage people to buy the more expensive hardcover. Unfortunately, the electronic version was not yet available. I bought an e-reader for travel and was eager to begin "Under the Dome," the new Stephen King novel. In the Ethicist column last week in the New York Times, Randy Cohen addressed the following question: Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
