Re: [NTLK] [OT] Economics of piracy

From: Robert Masters (rdm_at_enfield.lympago.com)
Date: Mon Feb 23 2004 - 13:03:17 PST


On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 01:49:11AM -0500, Jim Witte wrote:
> > As for prirating, when a lot of the ebooks are say $4 or less, why
> > priate? When a book is say $25
> > there maybe a temptation but for $4?
>
> I wonder if anyone has done a study of that. One way to look at it
> is that people will say, "Oh, it's only worth $4. "They" won't mind.."
> No that I condone it, I'm just imagining how people might think..

Take a look at the Baen Free Library - Eric Flint has a lengthy
discussion on just that topic. It even explains the Library's existance!

-R

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