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Originally Posted by pwalker8
It matters because if the impact is insignificant, then it wouldn't really matter much, except from a rhetorical arguing point.
I would guess that outside the west, most of those indies are unknown. Heck, I would guess outside the ebook community, most of those indies are unknown. The flip side is that authors like JK Rowling, Stephen King and Tom Clancy are known world wide.
Of course, we probably should define terms. When I hear piracy I think people illegally selling things, not simply posting them on some dark web to be downloaded for free. If we are talking the latter, then heck all it takes is one fan to post it. I haven't check in a long while, but at one time, you could find a really odd mix of very famous and very obscure books on the usenet groups.
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Oh yes. Define terms. With digital goods the only way to pirate is without paying money. Otherwise you might as well buy the real deal. If you get charged for it, you didn't look deep enough into the black web (dark net or however you want to call it). You make it sound as if free illegal sharing is okayish, and only paid for illegal sharing is a problem.
Outside of western countries, I suspect the free aspect is even more emphasized.