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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVN9nenCGwM

So John had mistakenly believed that there was a quote from Paper Towns, which he wrote and so Hank and his companies made merchandise out of the quote.

He then found out that someone claimed he never said it, so he pirated a copy of his book, control F searched the text, and did not find the quote. He contacted the girl who did, made sure his company sent the profits to her, and now she gets royalties.

Is it actually illegal for a person to pirate something they themselves made in this manner? Even though prosecution is basically not going to happen?

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If he owns the copyright, it's not piracy. If he assigned the copyright to someone else, then the terms of the assignment agreement determine whether he has permission (beyond what is allowed to everyone by copyright law) to make copies.

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