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The fact that, as many others have noted, the main function of this book (a potential gift/a picture book) cannot be efficiently pirated is both good and bad news.
It's bad news in that it's not (at first glance) very relevant to the piracy debate since it's not the "true", final product that's being pirated, but more of an extended preview.
It's good news for The-Pirate's-Dilemma-raised people such as I, because it proves the fact that a successful way to ride the wave of piracy is simply to provide a more competitive offer than the pirates - have added value that'll make it worth paying for your copy. Something that Bittorrent simply cannot offer you & compete with: it can be value as a gift, in the form (pretty pictures that a digital support cannot satisfactingly render yet), in extra goodies bundled with the product, etc.
The faster content producers understand that, the faster everyone will benefit from it: customers will get better products that'll be worth their money, which will fill the pockets of the content producers. Everyone's happy.
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