Thread: eBook piracy, how common is it?
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Old 04-03-2009, 09:15 PM   #653
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Originally Posted by gouzos View Post
No, in fact I am not okay with it. What I am OK with is someone giving me a chance to read their book.
Then your logic is inconsistent. The library BUYS EVERY COPY and DOES NOT MAKE NEW COPIES. Copying an ebook DOESN'T BUY EVERY COPY and MAKES NEW COPIES.

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I still can't get why you're okay with borrowing from friends, checking out of libraries that don't pay royalties, passing down old copies and buying second hand but not filesharing. All these methods do not make the author any money. What they also have in common is that they are -for me at least- definitely not at par with the experience of buying a brand new book.
Again, if when you lent or copied your ebook YOU LOST YOUR COPY, then I would be fine with it, because it would be EXACTLY LIKE A PHYSICAL BOOK.

I've pointed this distinction out to you three times now and you seem to just ignore it or make flawed counter-arguments.
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