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Originally Posted by Ankh
These lawsuits are nothing more than the scare tactics, but I seriously doubt that they are effective. It has been tried before, and it did not help much. The only practical solution, to offer books at a price that makes it inconvenient to search for the pirated material is out of the question, the publishers have a monopoly on the product and want to take the advantage of that situation. While arguments about the morality and legality of the pirating are a very effective forum tactics, they are totally ineffective solutions for the probem: the consumers of the pirated material have obviously crossed that line and are highly unlikely to come to Mobile Read to discuss their choices and be converted.
We are rapidly approaching the situation where the law is widely ignored and becoming impractical to enforce...
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Consumers of pirated books will not be convinced to buy at any reasonable price. They might perhaps at a ridiculously low 99 cents or something --- and understandably no publisher wants to sell for next to nothing. Nobody really cares about those pirates in the current situation until enforcement becomes easier. Pirates will always do their thing, they are not prospective customers.