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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
It's not that I don't sypathise with the author - I want to find a model that works for everyone, which will no doubt evolve in time. But it isn't right to paint the people who download something offered on this basis as thieves - they are not.
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I agree.
But even if there were a large number of freeloaders; that of itself doesn't mean the donation model can't work.
E.g if only 10% of downloaders pay for it, the returns could still be greater for the author than the returns from 100% of pbook buyers.