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Old 01-13-2011, 11:00 AM   #54
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Originally Posted by MovieBird View Post
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.
Which was the exact point of the original article I posted.

*Nobody* knows, because *nobody* is tracking the data. It's just easier and safer to complain about how much the publishing industry is losing than finding out it may not be as bad as we hear and in fact *may* have a positive effect.
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