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Originally Posted by stonetools
Not really: what matters to the owner of the IP in the end is SALES of the books. The more more free copies there are in circulation, the fewer SALES will be likely.
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That is a pretty tenuous argument to make. Avatar made multi billions of dollars at the box office and in home DVD/blu-ray sales, yet it is one of the most downloaded movies ever.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
Are you OK with your income being arbitrarily reduced by the activities of someone on the Internet? Didn't think so.
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I expected you would spruik the line that every downloaded ebook, music track, TV show or movie was a lost sale. That is certainly perpetuating the lie.