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Originally Posted by leebase
OMG - the "stealing books helps sell books" argument. The fact that someone makes this argument shows that people understand it's stealing. But it's "beneficial" so it's ok...
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You are taking the liberty of rewriting what I said in order to exaggerate and be emotive. The case was not that "stealing books helps sell books" but that illicit downloading of books can result in sales of books (and that sales are a benefit to the author). Your "helps" turns what I actually said into sounding as if I condone illicit downloading, that misrepresentation seemingly done in order to meet some agenda you have.
I also did not anywhere say anything along the lines of your
But it's "beneficial" so it's ok so if you were referring to me I suggest you take your crude attempt to insult by misrepresentation back.
You may wish to contend that illicit downloading does not result in the sales of books. In which case, for example, you would seem to believe that if one browses social media looking at reviews and recommendations of books, in order to make their purchasing decisions (as I do), such as the Reading Recommendations here or the likes of Goodreads, that none of the recommendations or reviews come from people who illicitly downloaded the book. Or, alternatively you believe that, in fact, recommendations or reviews are made by people who illicitly downloaded the books but people ignore those reviews (how do they know?) when deciding whether to buy the book or not. In either case I think you are mistaken.