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Piracy? We've heard numerous times what r/books thinks about it. But how does c/books view it? (lemmy.ml)

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"Piracy" here is used in the context of books and all sorts of manuscripts.

r/books have three main arguments against it:

It is technically theft
It damages the author's job and income (as well as the publisher, illustrator...etc.)
Why go through the tedious path of pirating books when you can borrow the books from a library legally and for free.

What's your reply to those arguments? Are they satisfactory?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I can't get a DRM free (as in no restrictions which devices/apps can open the file) epub file of your book, I ain't buying it. I will not spend money purchasing a product that can then just be stolen from me again because the seller decides to discontinue their drm, abandon support for the device I read on or simply for not liking me.