Thread: How to deal with ebook piracy
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Old 01-29-2011, 09:17 AM   #60
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
Replacing piracy with library ebooks, which will still incur fees, is a) too expensive, b) not going to fly politically, and c) might fail anyway. None of these problems are addressed by pointing out the incorrect 1:1 piracy loss ratio.
I don't really see why you would need to replace piracy with a library. Just count up the number of downloads (loans) each writer gets per year and pay them a few pence per download.
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