Thread: Is ebook piracy on the rise?
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Old 08-13-2008, 10:49 AM   #536
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Originally Posted by nekokami View Post
For what it's worth, I'm a socialist too, but I live in a world in which authors I know personally-- published authors with books on the NY Times Bestseller List-- do things like file for bankruptcy and go to Mexico for critical surgery because they can't afford to be treated in the US.
I agree with all of your expressed sentiments, as long as you don't contend that these authors went broke due to book piracy

So... what did make them penniless? I can take a few guesses (it would end up being filed under 'broken system') but it would be just that, guesses - and you know these people.
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