[sdiy] A useful distinction

[Jay]

Aaron Lanterman wrote:
> 
> Ah, the "selling" is a key word:
> 
> 1) Making a copy of anything, in print or not, and _selling it_ without 
> permission from and providing compensation to the author
> 
> is very different than
> 
> 2) Making a copy of an out-of-print book for personal use
> 
> One might argue about (2), but (1) is clearly evil.
> 
> - Aaron

At what point does #1 stop being evil? Should a publisher be paying Mark 
Twain's descendants?