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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Giving away stuff for free may well be a smart move, agreed. Especially for unknown authors. The important part, however, is that the authors should be the ones who make that decision. If you think they are so dumb that they don't realize that being copied on the darknet is good for them -- why help them out?
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because it also helps me out, I first read the wheelk of time book as a e-copy about 9 months ago and loved it and now have the first 5 on my bookshelf at home and the rest I'll get in Ebook, I found a great series and the author/estate gets more money than they would otherwise have done.
however to be fair I have read a book that I may have bought and then not bought it so that author lost out.
I still spend pretty much exactly the same on comics books and movies that I always did, before having stuff available for 'free'
WWhat i think is key is finding out the TRUE cost of copyright violation, personally I dont believe a downloaded copy = one lost sale.