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Your argument only works if they were going to buy the book if it were not available by other means. The position you're taking is the one the publishing indus
by terminalbraid 2y ago
Your argument only works if they were going to buy the book if it were not available by other means.
The position you're taking is the one the publishing industry, RIAA, MPAA, the worst publishers in the games industry, etc have taken via piracy. It has done nothing but hurt themselves, irritate people who would otherwise pay for their output, and prove ineffective.
- xhkkffbf 2y agoBut your argument only works if EVERY person who downloaded a book from IA would never have paid for a legit copy. But I contend that the general level of corner cutting in the world means that the odds of this being true about EVERY person is essentially zero.