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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Best they can do is work to criminalize uploading (maybe downloading but I'm starting to waver on that from discussions here) copyrighted files from the internet. There's a lot more lost sales there than people giving stuff to their friends etc. I'd think, and it's easier to track and enforce.
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It seems clear to me that people who are unwilling to pay for a book when they can get a pirate version are most likely unwilling to pay for that book when they cannot get a pirate version. It also seems to me that the key to selling books is to make it easy for the customer to buy the book, and that customers will pay extra for convenience. And finally, it seems to me that when businesses treat their customers fairly, their customers treat them back the same way.
So when I put all this together, I think that The Lost Pirate Sale is an illusion.
But that's just an opinion. All I ever see on this is opinion. Has anyone ever seen a serious study of the matter?