Thread: Maggie Stiefvater writes of her experience with piracy
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Old 11-02-2017, 10:44 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
The problem with this position is that a bunch of us on our moral high horses tut-tutting the practice will do nothing to stop piracy. But making the product available at a reasonable price as dictated by the market will.

The RIAA lawsuits didn't squash MP3 piracy. But Apple selling songs for $0.99 did.
If the market was just pay or don't get it I'd agree, but when you add a third option of get it for nothing it's hard to compete. Some peoples reasonable price will always be free and some will be less than the people selling it want to sell it for.
Given the choice between a moral high-horse and bowing down to, what is essentially, a form of extortion I'll stick to the tut-tutting.

If you think MP3 piracy was squashed by Apple, I've got some bad news for you. I just had a quick google and the usual suspects against piracy don't agree with you that mp3 piracy has ended.
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