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Originally Posted by Fluribus
Are readers more profligate criminals than music listeners are? If the removal of DRM from music didn't lead to collapse, why would it do so for books?
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I think the point BearMountainBooks was making was that the comparison may not be valid because mp3 downloads may not be the sole (or even the biggest) revenue stream for a recording artist. If people were stealing mp3 files, the artist may still make money from concerts and radio airplay, for example, so the illegal downloading of music may not hurt as much as the illegal downloading of ebooks.
Not taking a position pro or con, just trying to clarify the argument.