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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Music is not books, whether sold through physical media or in digital form.
Even the piracy is different; the biggest ebook pirates never bother to open most of the content they accumulate--nobody can live that long.
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While I disagree with what they're doing. Those people are not lost sales. They would have never bought the book.
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And on the music side, even if an act's entire catalog is pirated, they still have revenue streams--many from the very pirates, who may not be willing to pay for a Cd or download but will happily pay to atend a live performance. And if not, they can be paid to appear and perform at public venues.
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How much of that live revenue does the label get? The DRM issue is more about the publishers than the published.
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When it comes to selling ebooks, nobody knows anything for sure; everybody is fumbling through the fog of the disruption.
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Such is the case in nearly all arenas.