Comments on: Can You Be Sued for Downloading a Book? http://ereads.com/2009/04/can-you-be-sued-for-downloading-book.html Read the latest publishing news and provocative blogs by top commentators in the traditional and digital publishing fields. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:10:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marshall http://ereads.com/2009/04/can-you-be-sued-for-downloading-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-69 Marshall Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:01:00 +0000 http://ereadsdev.com/?p=555#comment-69 Ok, so what you mean is "if we value each illegal download at the price of legally acquiring the pirated good, the total value of pirated good is projected to be on the order of a billion dollars," and not "e-book pirates are collectively earning a billion dollars." I agree the former may be true, but not that that is a useful way to assess the impact of piracy. Ok, so what you mean is “if we value each illegal download at the price of legally acquiring the pirated good, the total value of pirated good is projected to be on the order of a billion dollars,” and not “e-book pirates are collectively earning a billion dollars.” I agree the former may be true, but not that that is a useful way to assess the impact of piracy.

]]> By: E-Reads http://ereads.com/2009/04/can-you-be-sued-for-downloading-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-68 E-Reads Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:33:00 +0000 http://ereadsdev.com/?p=555#comment-68 It's hard to put a precise price on it, especially as pirate sites carry music, movies, TV programs and other purloined content in addition to books. But worldwide, and in all languages, it's easy to project a value of a billion dollars. <br /><br />RC It’s hard to put a precise price on it, especially as pirate sites carry music, movies, TV programs and other purloined content in addition to books. But worldwide, and in all languages, it’s easy to project a value of a billion dollars.

RC

]]> By: Marshall http://ereads.com/2009/04/can-you-be-sued-for-downloading-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-67 Marshall Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:42:00 +0000 http://ereadsdev.com/?p=555#comment-67 I don't quite follow the bit about e-book piracy being a "billion dollar business." How so? I don’t quite follow the bit about e-book piracy being a “billion dollar business.” How so?

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