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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
It hasn't been discussed in this thread, but it has been discussed elsewhere in threads related to the need for DRM.
The problem is that it's impossible to measure. Even if you know how many books get illegally downloaded (and how do you find out?), you haven't learned anything useful. What you need to know is how many electronic copies get downloaded, and read instead of buying a legitimate copy of the book, in paper or electronic format. If you know a verifiable of determining that, you've got a whole new lucrative career to get into.
The question has come up before in discussions of the use of DRM on ebooks, and whether DRM prevents piracy and whether it's necessary at all.
My own feeling is no and no. DRM schemes tend to be broken almost immediately, and people with the savvy to download an illegal copy will likely have the savvy to crack protected books
Agreed, most darknet copies are awful. I've seen them, wouldn't try to read them as is, and can't be bothered to do the work required to get them into any form I'd consider readable. I value my time too highly, and it's cheaper viewed that way to just buy the book.
I concur: it's not a threat.
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Dennis
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But, how many of those books on the darknet that get downloaded and read would never have been read had they not been download? If that is the case, that's not a loss. It's only a loss if someone is looking for a book on the darkent and finds it would have payed for otherwise.