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Originally Posted by JSWolf
One reason some people pirate is because they cannot get the eBook legally. It's either not available due to geo-restrictions or it's not available as an eBook at all.
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Hmm.
If not available as a legal eBook, how is it available as an illegal eBook? I guess it may be available as an uncorrected scan, but most people wouldn't read that.
As for geo-restrictions, I have on rare occasion been hit with this on books with small US sales potential. I can't see that as a significant factor in piracy.
I can see people, in nations lacking freedom to read, downloading popular books sometimes banned, such as Jung Chang's biography of Mao. But I consider that a case of evaded censorship rather than piracy.
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Originally Posted by frahse
Prices do matter!
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I think that the first book pirated might have a relationship to price. But once someone gets used to piracy, they would stick with it regardless of price.
And the price relationship exists for anything comparable. If taxes were lower, people would be less likely to become habitual tax cheats. This tells us nothing about what the tax rate (or book price) should be.