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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Instead, I think the more viable (and more common) argument is that: (1) obscurity is your biggest problem; (2) the best way of overcoming obscurity may be by doing things that make piracy easier (giving books away, selling them cheaply, not using DRM, distributing by torrent); and (3) the exposure you will get will benefit you more than taking significant steps to prevent piracy would.
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It hasn't helped me any... people just fall back on the "he's unknown, so he must suck" argument and ignore my work anyway.
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Originally Posted by sbroome
I can understand this part, but what is disconcerting to me is that some smaller authors and artists like Colleen Doran have specifically asked sites and individuals to honor their wishes not to be pirated, and have been roundly ignored. Very rarely in these discussions of piracy do we talk about what it means if we're at a point where people can't do something so basic as take things without paying.
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I've tried to broach the subject many times, and generally get thrubbed for my trouble.