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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
If low prices discouraged people from avoiding payment, dollar-type stores would have little shoplifting. But all the evidence I see -- admittedly impressionistic -- is that low prices are totally compatible with people commonly taking what they didn't pay for. Here's one data point:
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Emp...RVW2888269.htm
Now, the psychology of piracy is a bit different than the psychology of shoplifting, especially on the uploading side. People who upload pirated eBooks, I strongly suspect, are doing it from a misplaced idea of helpfulness. IMHO they'd still want to help if the books sold for a quarter. |
Steve. Below is a link to my own post on this topic in another thread. I do not believe piracy is price insensitive. A Google search using the words "piracy price sensitivity" yields many results. I quickly noted two scholarly articles which appear to support my belief, though they unfortunately require payment. Could you find so little to support your point of view that you had to resort to a link to an internet forum inviting employees/former employees of a particular dollar store to post on their experiences? Although I almost always disagree with you, I have nevertheless come to expect better of you than this.
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