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Originally Posted by HarryT
Can you explain why it is "nonsense" to say that illegally downloading a book, rather than buying it, is depriving the author of income?
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You're assuming that there would have been income in the first place. You're also assuming that the downloading didn't result in MORE income.
Basically, you're just regurgitating the whole "every pirated copy is a lost sale" nonsense that the industry tries to claim.
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It appears to be something which is self-evidently true to me.
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Yes, lots of nonsense seems to be "self-evident" to you.
I have difficulty sometimes telling if some of the stuff you say is actually serious, or if you're just trying to tweak the discussion.