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Originally Posted by Xanthe
I have no problem with people who are still buying books obtaining digital copies of them from the Darknet. The people I do have problems with are those who never buy books (or movies or music) at all and obtain everything via the Darknet. Those folks are just cutting their own throats, IMO, because if we don't support the artists, there eventually isn't going to be anything to download.
If more publishers followed the pricing strategy of say Baen, I'm sure more people would be willing to pay for their digital book copies. I'll easily pay $6.00 for an ebook; I won't pay $19.95.
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Well, the strange thing is that the people who use the darknet are typically also those who purchase the *most*. I, for example, play a lot of video games. I never buy a video game unless I download and like it first. But if I do like it, I always buy it. Studies (I can't remember where, but I know I read it somewhere) have shown that many who torrent are similar to me. Personally, this is my planned way forward in the future. Download a book, if I like it, buy it. If not, don't. In fact, that can even be done legally with Amazon's 7-day return policy on ebooks ... as long as a digital copy exists.