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Originally Posted by abookreader
How do you know you have a "top site?'
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I suppose I don't know for sure. I was going buy a website that listed the number of ebooks available through each site listed. I chose the two highest. I can't say for sure the information was correct.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
I am guessing that the two books you pirated were not available as legit e-books?
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No, actually they are both available as legit ebooks.
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Originally Posted by Salgueiros
...very touching your naiveness  |
I don't know what's with the rolling eyes. My post was honest. I suppose I could have dug deeper but I wanted to show what a non-techie such as myself would turn up in short order.
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Originally Posted by m3write1day
Expect a visit from the FBI soon.  |
They are already monitoring me due to my DRM stipping activities.
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Originally Posted by gollu
Sorry to tell you that, but your experiment was not very scientific.
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It wasn't meant to be "scientific." I'm not a professional researcher (duh).
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Originally Posted by MR. Pockets
Maybe not scientific, but it at least demonstrates that piracy isn't nearly the issue e-publishers want you to think it is. If an "average" user can't find e-books worth pirating, then all you have to worry about are the experienced people. (Who I'm guessing don't make up a large section of the e-reading community.)
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Thank you Mr. Pockets. That's exactly the point I was trying to make.