I believe (and this is my opinion) that a major cause of piracy is lack of access. As demonstrated yesterday, in the thread about reading Godel, Escher, Bach.

I believe (and this is my opinion) that a major cause of piracy is lack of access. As demonstrated yesterday, in the thread about reading Godel, Escher, Bach. A few people wished there were an ebook version of this to read on their Kindle, and a couple of others responded that there's a torrent on TPB for a PDF scan, and another linked to a direct download from one of those briefcase sites. For my tastes, a PDF just isn't acceptable on Kindle either, but obviously the lack of a purchasable ebook has driven some number of people to alternate means. I wonder if failing to open the catalog right away is teaching people how to pirate ebooks, and thus opening the door to future woes.