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Originally Posted by BillSmithBooks
And again, the main point: only 9% of people *admit* to using torrents. So 91% either lie (possible) or actually get the whole "artists gotta eat, too" angle.
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That figure will be for everything — films, music, games, whatever. Most of that 10% probably won't even read books, never mind pirate them. The second hand market is a much bigger threat to publishers than piracy will ever be. And the move to ebooks eliminates the second hand market. Then all they will need to do is sort out the libraries, charge them retail price every time an ebook is borrowed (maybe with a volume discount for the bigger libraries).