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There's no reason to be insulting. P3aul is not an idiot... just someone who thinks people will steal rather than pay, given the opportunity.
Which makes me wonder if he spends his weekends downloading software & music from the torrent networks, since he thinks it's so obvious that everyone will do this if they have the chance.
He apparently doesn't understand that most people would rather pay what something is worth, much less the more complex issues of pirated digital copies working as advertising, either to promote physical sales or to create author recognition that will inspire future ebook sales.
But failing to see customers as basically honest is not a new premise, and holding it doesn't make him stupid. It just means he believes propaganda and fear tactics more than actual evidence. Since the evidence takes real study to make sense of--it's a niche industry and there's a lot of weird variables involved--that's understandable.
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