Re: Torrents and such

--- In [email protected], joseph harris wrote:
> Now that is fiendish Ed. And a very good idea.

So let's set something up.
Unauthorized sharing of ebooks is largely a crime of opportunity; a title is there, so they grab it. Could even be some of the 'modified' copies will end up supplanting the stolen ebooks being sold by the Chinese and other commercial pirates.
Do they vet every single title? Doubtful.

> One thought. How much do we know about how torrent users grow up. Do they [or I suppose it is still will they] grow up to be conventional law abiding citizens?
> Joseph

Irrelevant regarding their current illegal actions.

I'm inclined to say, "Once a thief, always a thief," with the caveat that motivations and methods of purloining and dollar values might or might not change with time. Some, for instance, might graduate from petty opportunistic theft to mortgage banking. :)
Ed




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