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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
I may have the "right" to ask my books to be removed. However, with no real power to have it done, it is a meaningless "right." And I think we can all agree that I have absolutely no power to prevent my books being disseminated all across the entire planet at another's whim.
Regarding prosecution of those in illegal possession of my books: That "right" only extends to the boundaries of the United States of America; and thanks to the bounds of reality (and U.S. law), it's hardly a practical matter. Another meaningless "right."
Essentially, those "rights" are in line with my "right" to touch the Moon.
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If you can't be bothered doing it yourself there are companies you can pay to do it for you. Some of them will want paying upfront, others will take a percentage of the income generated from lawsuits. There are also companies that will pay you to have the right to threaten legal action on your behalf so that they can send out letters asking for voluntary payments from unauthorised downloaders. If you do it right you can make a lot more money from piracy than you would ever make through legitimate sales.