Thread: 297 million Chinese read web novels in 2015 (think Wattpad but much bigger)
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Old 08-09-2016, 06:15 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Xianxia View Post
No you didn't.

Let's say 90% of the 257 million readers read online novel on a pirate novel website. Only 10% or 25.7 million actually pay to read.

Now, all the pirate novels websites are gone. Shut down by the Chinese government.

Some of that 90% will now pay to read because they have no other choice unless they stop reading altogether.
And some of that 10% will dwindle because they originally discovered author/books through pirating and became paying fans later on, or because their pirate friends recommended them those books and constituted a huge social signal boost which will itself dwindle.

I have no definitive answer as to whether it's a financial plus to get rid of pirating (in any case, the moral argument remain) or not, so you may actually be right, but your explanation is a bit too simplistic for me.
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