This doesn't follow, because you need to also assume there are no people who downloaded for free and then went out and bought the book or convinced others to bu

This doesn't follow, because you need to also assume there are no people who downloaded for free and then went out and bought the book or convinced others to buy the book. Neil Gaiman has pointed out this happening with the Sandman series. The actual issue is much more complicated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84M55-TL5go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84M55-TL5go