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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
Final point about piracy actually benefiting authors? It is possible I guess, but I am far from convinced. I don't see how broad circulation among the never-pay-for-it crowd will ever benefit authors in sales and income.
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That's because they're not the 'never-pay-for-it crowd' that insist they are
If a friend loans me a cd (or in some other way recommends that I try a new artist/author), and I like what I hear/read, I will go purchase additional works by that artist/author. Word of mouth is a powerful thing, and pirated items can promote authors in the same way that word of mouth does. Try a sample, like it, go buy more.