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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
As I said before, stealing the work just makes it popular among thieves, and there is no data that indicates pirated works equate to legitimate sales down the road.
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You keep saying this despite people provide several examples to the contrary, and despite the fact that you're basically implying the very illogical supposition that no pirate ever buys anything that they've already pirated. I've heard numerous pirates say the opposite, and I just realized that I've even done it myself with a couple of musical albums where I downloaded a leaked copy and went in to buy it on the release day because I knew I was going to get my money's worth and wanted to support the artists. You seem to mistake people arguing for piracy (or the "give it away for free" model) as a factor in modern distribution of media for people telling you that you have to accept piracy or give your books away for free.
I'm not entirely clear on what your overall position is...you don't like pirates? You don't want people pirating your books? Pirating a copyrighted work can result in a loss of revenue? Despite the clear passion that you show for electronic books and how they represent a new dynamic in literature, you seem stuck in a mindset that the only way they could ever be personally profitable for you is in a model where piracy is minimalized and all sales pass through the standard website checkout system. I'll give you credit for implementing some of the incentives that are possible in a digital environment, but you also continue to remain willfully ignorant of the fact that many creators and publishers and finding methods of promoting and selling their product that are radically different from yours and challenge the traditions of sales, all while still turning a profit. Once again, nobody's asking you to create any drastic changes to your system, but ignoring the realities of how piracy and other forms of digital distribution have changed the world we live in will certainly not lessen their relevance to your business.