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Originally Posted by sabredog
I am not questioning their right to take those to a civil court they believe have breached copyright, rather their dubious claims that every download equals a lost sale.
You might want to re-read what I have written.
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Plus the fact that if they want to make money at their business, it certainly is going to cost more to take every book downloader to court than the "potential" loss they believe they have suffered. Somewhere there must be reached a middle ground the true pirate sites that are supplying the illegal merchandise should be prosecuted as well as selected cases of blatant theft of property (e.g. dowloading) but the real change needs to be in user behavior and ethics which is very difficult to change.
I am a vehement defender of authors rights and honest in paying for what one consumes, but the technology makes it very difficult. And certainly DRM and the DCMA do not address the problem but in reality make it more prevalent.