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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Ran across this rather interesting article on eBook pirates, who they are and why the pirate
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...conomics.shtml
In a nutshell, the article says that more than half the ebook pirates are 30 and up and a third have an income of $100,000 or more. In addition it says that the number one driver for piracy is convenience.
The article also talks about a subject that comes up here quite a bit, the marginal cost of ebooks, i.e. why pay for something that doesn't cost anything to reproduce?
My basic take is I totally get the convenience part. Being able to get almost any ebook that I want at one place is very compelling.
I don't get the marginal cost issue. I mean, I understand what it means and yes, I understand that it doesn't cost anything to reproduce an ebook. However, I don't understand how people do not acknowledge the cost of creating the book in the first place. |
Seems to me it would be more productive and interesting to focus on the uploaders when examining piracy. Who are they and why do they do it?