Quote:
Originally Posted by delphidb96
However, as soon as it hits the PDF files, don't be surprised if it gets pirated. That's just what happens with expensive textbooks. And to be honest, MOST of the people who'll pirate it are probably not the people who'd have bought it - many may not even have a compelling reason beyond 'wanting' it.
Derek
|
I don't get that... who would "want" a textbook but would not have been likely to buy it otherwise? I can see a science major, say, who is told to get a certain text for class, but who balks at the price, so he takes a pirated copy. I can even see a science fan who would buy the text because it is their favorite subject, and taking a pirated copy to save the money. But if you weren't interested in science, or didn't have a science class, why the heck would you pirate a science text?
I don't believe the people who pirate HP books, say, do it just to spite JK Rowling and/or Scholastic. They do it because they have a legitimate interest in the book,
as well as a desire to count coup, so to speak, on Rowling and/or Scholastic. If the e-books had been available (assuming at a perceived reasonable price), they would likely have just bought the e-book for themselves, and there would be no piracy issue. I assume the same thing for any text or subject... it is almost always pirated by someone who has a direct interest in it in the first place.
If anyone will pirate PDF textbooks, it's going to be people who would otherwise have bought the book for school or personal use... not a "random act of piracy," I think.