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Originally Posted by HarryT
I really must disagree. If a criminal, who would have otherwise bought the book, steals it (excuse me - "copyright infringes" it) instead; then that is clearly a lost sale. The author will not receive the income for that sale - it is indeed a lost sale.
Of course, if the criminal would not have bought the book, it isn't a lost sale.
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What about the following scenario which I heard from various people - anecdotal but considering the negligible size of the e-book market, by and large most evidence is anecdotal - someone has no clue a book/author exists, however it finds a darknet version and likes it, maybe another darknet version of the next book from the same author. The third book though is coming soon out and since that person really likes the author, he/she buys it in hardcover or whatever 1st edition is, or maybe digital if offered. Who wins, who loses? Which sales are lost, which are gained?
I do not claim the answers are easy either way, but to me all these issues are quite tricky and they are not going away.