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Apple was able to do that because MP3 piracy was already rampant. e-book piracy was not.
by ggg9990 9y ago
Apple was able to do that because MP3 piracy was already rampant. e-book piracy was not.
- toyg 9y agoEbook piracy has always been rampant (and still is), ereaders just introduced slightly better formats than pdf.
- ggg9990 9y agoI don’t think ebook piracy has jeopardized book sales though? Music piracy certainly did.
- dingo_bat 9y agoWhy do you think so? I'd think both would have the same effect.
- girvo 9y agoWhy would one have that effect but not the other? They’re identical as far as I can see; and you even use the same distribution channels for pirating them.
- ggg9990 9y agoI don’t have any data... but I suspect that music piracy was more widespread and displacing more sales of music. Anecdotally, I do not recall the publishing industry crying “the sky is falling” over ebook piracy while the music industry certainly was.