Thread: Cutting Prices is the only way to stop piracy
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Old 03-16-2011, 05:37 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by AdamV View Post
Ok, then I honestly admit - I am a book pirate!

50% of my piracy comes from that I pay for the ebooks from US webshops while not being US resident, if I only can and are attract by the book, I do want to support the author!

the other 50% of the piracy of mine is b/c (shame on me!) I remove DRM from the ebooks - since I find most (if not every) retail epub edition providing too big font size for me, I need to change it and the only way to do that I know is to use Calibre, and the only way to accomplish that is to remove ebook's DRM

Anyway, even when I pay and support the authors and the publishers - I am still considered a 100% (50% + 50%) pirate in current market! You say some prices are crazy - I'd say that THIS is madness!
I might be missing something, but afaik, neither buying books outside one's geographic area nor stripping DRM off books one has purchased are considered "Piracy" anywhere I've seen...


If they have, then I do agree that it sounds like madness!
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