Thread: There's a better way to beat the ebook pirates
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Old 04-26-2011, 07:22 AM   #178
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
That's not true. The damages might be hard to prove in a lawsuit, and of course, we'd need one of Mr. Ploppy's wormholes to get real numbers, but despite all the rationalizations, it is a fact there are people who will take stuff for free, if they want it and don't think they'll be punished, and can get it easily, rather than pay for it, and who would give in and pay for it if they can't. These are potential sales lost. The fact that other kinds of pirates also exist in no way means that this kind does not, and no rationalization about giving the author free publicity changes it.

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Like with the people who go on to buy new books after reading an unauthorised download, those people will be just a small percentage of the total number of downloaders. The vast majority of downloaders are just collecting files for the sake of having them. Most will never even be read, never mind paid for.
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