> It was almost certainly paid for by someone who would profit from the piracy You can't imagine anyone funding a study that doesn't profit from it? Sounds lik

> It was almost certainly paid for by someone who would profit from the piracy You can't imagine anyone funding a study that doesn't profit from it? Sounds like a you problem. Hint: government and academia exists. | Here I'll even write the prompt for you: "What are some good studies that showed how piracy can increase book / album sales - and who funded them?" > But go on dreaming that giving away complete copies of something will somehow encourage people to go and pay for another complete copy. I don't need to dream, because there are studies. Seems unlikely they're all secretly funded by Big ISP, lol. And you do realize we're talking about digital books, with like one or less sales / year, right? > if that strategy worked, other businesses would do it too. Businesses do that all the time bud. Because yes, it works. There's shareware, freemium, open source, content marketing, loss leaders, working for exposure, etc. How strange you never heard of any of this.