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Originally Posted by delphidb96
Actually, 'theft' of ebooks doesn't increase the publication costs to the publishers or the retailers as no physical object has gone missing which needs to be replaced. Think about it. Has any paper been stolen? Has any printing ink gone missing? Are shipping containers destroyed or have delivery trucks been kyped, stripped and shipped off to foreign countries? Same with administrative labor costs. All of the work done to create the dead-tree books or formatting the original ebook files have been done and do not need to be re-performed. Yes, the intellectual property has been made off with, but there are no additional costs incurred by the 'theft' of ebooks.
Derek
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I disagree with you because you are only looking at the actual physical costs not being any higher. I look at as the person has taken a copy that they wanted, and likely would have paid for except for the piracy.
So if author gets paid only on the copies that were physically sold and not the ones that should have be sold, you are taking money out of their pocket. You also take money away from others everytime you pirate the work.