With a book that’s not a problem because nobody copies books
I actually spent quite some time looking for an out of print sefer by Rabbi Eliezer Berkovitz. I eventually found a copy in an out of town library. Once I managed to get the copy from the library, I emailed the publisher asking if I could copy selected portions, only to be told that they no longer had the rights to the book.
So, with the author dead and having no idea who owned the rights to the book plus considering the book was out of print and therefore there were no lost sales to consider, and considering how long it took me to find it, I was *sorely* tempted to copy the book.
In the end, I decided against it. It just didn’t “feel right” to me.
The Wolf