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Old 01-29-2020, 03:44 PM   #169
ZodWallop
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
There are two very different things going on with "pirate" ebooks. First, we have what I call pirate ebooks, i.e. someone selling eBooks that they are not authorized to sell and pocketing.
That doesn't match what I think of as pirate sites at all.

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You confuse pirate sites for scam sites. Internet piracy is overwhelmingly zero cost as it circumvents all licensing.
Yeah, this matches what I think of as piracy sites. That most famous site that is named after a certain kind of bay certainly doesn't require a credit card.

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Then you have fan scans that are frequently available for free download.
Fan scans are much less common than they used to be as so much is now legally available.
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