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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Some guy or group selling the latest best sellers from some site in Russia is one level of piracy. This is what most think of when people talk about piracy and what law enforcement tends to focus on. I would also lump those who post books they don't own on Amazon or iTunes in this group, basically it's anyone trying to make a buck on someone else's copyright.
A group of individual posting ebooks for free via various onlne services is a different level of piracy and has different effects.
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I'd say with the advent of Napster and torrents, option 2 is now most likely what people think of when they think of online piracy. Though, yeah. Law enforcement most likely still focuses on #1.