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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1544361" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Well, as I shall say again, you cannot lose what you can <em>never</em> have gotten. </p><p></p><p>As an extreme example - I can write down 17 words in a pdf, call them the best joke in the world, and chage $50 for you to download them. The likelyhood that anyone would buy a 17 word joke from me, sight unseen, for that much is extremely small. I am not going to make any sales. This pdf will earn me no money whatsoever. So, if people steal it, what sales am I losing? None whatsoever. So I suffer no actual loss. My rights were violated, yes. But I didn't lose any income in that violation.</p><p></p><p>But, I'll do you one better. There are cases in which the theft leads to financial <em>gain</em>. Specifically in the case of the music industry, with artists who don't have big contracts with major labels. Occasionally, an mp3 of theirs gets loose on the net. Definite ilegal copying. Theft. However, it also acts as advertising, leading to sales of albums and concert tickets. This certainly happens for some artists. Depending on which numbers you believe, it may be happening to a great many artists. </p><p></p><p>Same thing can happen with a pdf. Geek steals a copy of one, decides it is really cools stuff, and decides to support the company by buying others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1544361, member: 177"] Well, as I shall say again, you cannot lose what you can [i]never[/i] have gotten. As an extreme example - I can write down 17 words in a pdf, call them the best joke in the world, and chage $50 for you to download them. The likelyhood that anyone would buy a 17 word joke from me, sight unseen, for that much is extremely small. I am not going to make any sales. This pdf will earn me no money whatsoever. So, if people steal it, what sales am I losing? None whatsoever. So I suffer no actual loss. My rights were violated, yes. But I didn't lose any income in that violation. But, I'll do you one better. There are cases in which the theft leads to financial [i]gain[/i]. Specifically in the case of the music industry, with artists who don't have big contracts with major labels. Occasionally, an mp3 of theirs gets loose on the net. Definite ilegal copying. Theft. However, it also acts as advertising, leading to sales of albums and concert tickets. This certainly happens for some artists. Depending on which numbers you believe, it may be happening to a great many artists. Same thing can happen with a pdf. Geek steals a copy of one, decides it is really cools stuff, and decides to support the company by buying others. [/QUOTE]
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