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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
As an author who provides work at higher quality than a lot of Big Pub backlist books... in multiple formats... at low prices... with No DRM and no geo restrictions... from my own site as well as commercial sites... as many MR members can attest...
And still gets pirated...
I'd say the idea that providers are "not meeting emergent demands" isn't what is causing piracy. The consumers are as much at fault here as the providers.
That's why doing nothing but throwing blame around isn't solving anything... and nothing will be solved until we deal with the inequities that cause piracy.
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How many copies are being pirated versus how many are being sold? Who is tracking the pirated copies, and how many of them are even read?
You need to quantify things to be able get a handle on whether it is worth the energy getting angry about.