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Originally Posted by Randolphlalonde
As an independent author who makes his living primarily from eBooks, I can't help but see piracy as a problem.
I do offer a lot of free material, entire books, so if people would like to read my work without paying for an ebook, there's over 200,000 words available. When they start stealing the work that has a cover price associated with it, they're literally taking bread off the table.
Libraries are a good idea, even digital ones, but only if there are reasonable limitations, as there are in traditional printed book libraries, or some kind of royalty system.
Just thought I'd throw my two cents in.
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If it's a digital work, they can't steal it, it's impossible. Unless you placed that work upon a usb stick and locked it away somewhere, then it could be stolen. If not, if it is in fact a digital work that is being 'copied' not 'stolen' then why use the emotive and inaccurate word 'stealing'? Sharing is caring after all.