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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Well, there's simply no point in an author saying, "If you don't buy it, don't read it." Even if an author feels that way, they gain nothing by saying it. People who are going to download are going to do it anyway and making a reader angry doesn't serve much of a purpose.
I do think that readers don't realize how much torrent and free copies threaten an author (whether the threat is REAL or not, the FEAR is.) It may be an unreasonable fear, but it is still a fear--this system could take away my means to make a living.
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I only quoted the above-chunk, but the whole comment was great. This distills down the issue (from the author rather than publisher) perspective so nicely. Authors that are most vocal about pirates don't necessarily hate pirates because it makes rationale sense, but because it's wrapped up in a bundle of fear an anxiety about writing generally.