Thread: eBook piracy, how common is it?
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Old 03-31-2009, 10:22 AM   #91
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Originally Posted by Moejoe View Post
If you want some stats, I just did a quick and dirty check of a torrent site to see how prevalent e-book piracy is. I chose first the ebook section, then the movies section to compare. In both secions I chose the "mystery" sub-section and then rated by highest number of completed downloads.

Mystery (ebook) - Dan Brown Book Collection - 29275 downloads
Mystery (movie) - The Davinci Code - 1979394 downloads
That is pretty interesting. I wouldn't have expected such a high number for an ebook download.
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