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Originally Posted by PKFFW
Quite obviously.
On the other hand, the deprivation of artists is happening every time someone gains illegal access to a book. Regardless of whether the person would have bought the book in the first place or not.
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Please back this claim up. And please state what you mean by 'deprivation'. Monetary deprivation? Deprivation of control? The statement you made is vague at best, and based upon what? Your own personal feelings? If you care to look at the countless examples of the benefits of file-sharing I posted earlier in this thread, you would see that not only is there negligible effects on sales because of file sharing, but in many cases file-sharing is a boon to sales.
A phantom sale is not a sale, you cannot deprive an artist of something when there is nothing taken away.