Publishers, Piracy, and You

[HellHound]

I think we've had this same argument a dozen time sin the past on these same forums, with a number of the same people rehashing the same statements.

I for one would prefer if this thread didn't turn into another one of them.

The reality is that an average PDF product only sells a hundred or so copies, so any additional copies sold by another unauthorized party is an impact on the total sales figures. I'm not claiming a 1 to 1 impact, but I'm also not claiming a zero impact.

The rhetoric between these two extremes, in my opinion, isn't worth arguing over once again.

 

[GMSkarka]

...and with the insults and belittling comments piled on top of the same piracy-justification BS arguments, *plonk* goes my Ignore List.

Edit: ...and you're right, Jason. It's not worth arguing over again.

 

[Cergorach]

I'm not claiming a 1 to 1 impact, but I'm also not claiming a zero impact.

I hope i'm not giving the impression of saying that the impact is zero, i'm just trying to drill a hole through a thick skull that the impact isn't 1 to 1.

*wonders if a certain someone considers calling ones argument ridiculous isn't condecending*

*also wonders if that same someone would accept legal distribution of his ogc without an argument*

Illegal = evil
legal = good

But hey, i'm veering of the discussion....

 

[DanMcS]

*wonders what phil is on*

You know, drugs are bad for you...

;-)

If he sold 100 copies of it, he infringed copyright 100 times. Do you deny that?

 

[Morrus]

OK, that's enough. Cergorach, it's your rudeness to other posters that got this thread closed.