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And I really believe that people are fundamentally honest and if they would have bought the book then they will do it.
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I agree with you to a certain extent. The majority of people are honest. But I don't accept the blanket statement that everybody who pirates books does so because they are unable to buy them. There will always be a dishonest minority who take stuff rather than pay for it even if they're perfectly capable of buying it.
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What is also missed is that you really do not download one book at a time. You download a collection with maybe 100000 books.
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That's because they assume (rightly, unfortunately) that even if they are caught they will be fined less than the retail cost of those books. ie it's a win-win situation for them. No matter what happens they're ahead. And that's why fines should reflect the retail value.