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Originally Posted by Lemurion
Piracy is not a zero-sum game; it does have an impact. In some cases it may be positive, in others negative.
The people who claim there are no losses from piracy are no closer to the truth than those who try to claim every unsanctioned download translates directly into the loss of revenue from a sale that they otherwise would have had.
It's complicated and no one has the numbers - but by this time it should be clear to everyone that the numbers are neither all nor nothing.
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This is what I think too, but I was having trouble expressing it.
Cheryl Morgan, who runs
Wizard's Tower Books had some
interesting thoughts on ebooks and piracy. (I was going to quote the most relevant parts, then I realised I was essentially going to quote the whole article
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