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Originally Posted by garbanzo
people pirate ebooks and everything else because they don't see any sense in paying pay for something when it can be acquired discretely and instantly from the comfort of their own home.
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Oh, and why did I buy books I had already downloaded years ago (and even read years ago, and don't forget the pbook versions I already own)? Maybe because it was finally available to me? O, no, according to you I don't want to pay for my books...
Naturally, there are people who will download even if legal versions are available, just because it's easy and cheap. But saying that all ebook pirates do that for that reason is saying that everybody is a thief because a few take from houses things that don't belong to them.
But due to the way some publishers seem to think, people are looking somewhere else. And the problem is, once people find out how easy it is to get "free" books, the harder it will be to get those people away from those "free" books again. Especially now, when ebooks are getting more and more attention, more and more people will find their way to the darknet.