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Old 04-18-2011, 08:56 AM   #145
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Originally Posted by HansTWN View Post
You can never stop those guys anyway -- but you can get the honest users to behave responsibly and to share within strict limits, only.
What makes you think they aren't already? Just because something is possible it doesn't mean everyone will do it. Apparently only 10% of the population engages in "file sharing", and I doubt the percentage of those that has any interest in ebooks is particularly high (one survey said 5% of downloaders went for ebooks).

Something being available for free doesn't seem to be much of a barrier to selling it either. If you look at the Sherlock Holmes stories (which can be had for free from mobileread as well as lots of other places) on Amazon you will see that they are the number one sellers in their relevant categories and very high double figures in the "all ebooks that aren't free" list.
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