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Originally Posted by Xanthe
What does that have to do with anything? We're not a hive mind; we come from a variety of backgrounds with a variety of moral/ethical codes. Liking books and reading doesn't automatically equate to be pro or con on the issue of book piracy/sharing.
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Ah, but it is fair to assume that "liking books" would generate concern for the fate of author and source of that pleasure.
QED, quite a few of MR members believe that piracy is not threatening the existence of the publishing industry and the medium. Which should be alarming for publishing industry, considering that this forum is full of ... reading addicts, in the first place. Even the small (and carefully chosen) sample of their customers is showing alarming rate of disregard for their fate. That's how I would interpret the discussion. Mind you, I am not a financial wiz who is capable of squeezing the last cent from the readers, so this (very humble) opinion might be utterly irrelevant.