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Originally Posted by Hellmark
That is one argument against piracy I just can't get behind. If I steal your car, you are deprived of the use of it. If I copy your ebook, you still have it, still can sell it, still can do what ever you want with it, you just did not make any money off me.
The other question is, of each pirated copy of something, would that have been a sale otherwise?
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Of course, not every pirated copy is a potential sale. Nobody argues that. Some are, but the damage is always hard to assess. But the bottom line is, if the work is copyrighted you have no right to get a copy. Period. Just read something else! Or reward people for their hard work by paying, no matter what form or shape their work takes, even if it is digital.