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I think for a lot of the books that people are worried about, the used market is really key to look at. Ursula K. LeGuin was concerned about her books all being freely available on the darknet.....but I can also find most of her books at any decent sized used book store for less than a buck.
Sure, I'd like to have an e-book copy of the "Left Hand of Darkness". When a person's reading choices are to get one free at a library, pay $1 at a used book store for a physical copy, $10 for a new physical copy, free for a (probably poorly scanned/formatted) ebook on darknet, or $7.99 for an approved well-scanned ebook it can be a tough call. Even assuming one discards the illegal and immoral darknet option, ebook prices have to be competitive with the other options. Backlist books in particular need to be reasonably priced to get buyers.
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