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Originally Posted by eschwartz
For starters, there is the whole "offering less hassle" thing... one of the big drivers of piracy is that sometimes hunting down badly-formatted ebooks hidden somewhere on one of 15 different torrent indexes is easier  than trying to give money to publishers.
Interesting link: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070215/002923.shtml
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I think it is pretty easy for most people to get books from distributers. Not all distributers and not all books and not all distributers, but most people do not have a problem. Problems happen, but they are the exception, not the rule. I can only speak for myself and those I know personally, but it seems less difficult overall than buying a physical item online or B&M.
Lots of people buy DVDs and go to movies, because they want the DVDs or like the giant screen. Not sure how DVDs are more convenient, I have thousand or so but have long since transferred anything I wanted to to hard drive. I don't watch much TV but my sister does, and she loves the shiny cases. My sister buys a DVD or so a week and wouldn't have a clue how to pirate. Doubt she would even if she knew how.
My point is that those that go to the movies because they like the experience or buy DVDs because they feel they are value added already do so. They are not the pirates. (well maybe a few of them are)
But where is this added value in the sense that it has been added to make buying more attractive then piracy as the article seems to imply? Many movie theatres have grown smaller than they used to be with smaller screens and the seats are smaller and the popcorn is certainly not any better IMO. (used to be popped fresh and had real butter at one time even at the drive in
) And DVDs have not improved content in any way that can't be pirated either AFAIK.
Making it cheaper and easier to buy will definitely cut back on new pirates, but unlikely to deter those who do so already.
Well again I am going on and on. Sorry for that.
Helen