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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
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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MP3 piracy hasn't ended. But it's not what it used to be either.
Some people will always pay, regardless of the price. Some people will never pay, regardless of the price. But if you think 100% of e-book readers fall only into one of those two camps, you are fooling yourself.
Using myself as an example, I mainly buy indie books anymore. But when a BPH title goes on sale for $2.99 or so, I'll snag it. At that price, I will buy a title I already have in paper. At $12.99, I won't.