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Scale is a thing though, right?

The library book might get borrowed dozens or hundreds of times. The pirated ebook is copied anywhere from dozens to millions of times.

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It goes back to opportunity though. Most people who pirate books don't have the income or ability to purchase them new. The scale is irrelevant if the per-user profit opportunity is 0. The only thing that changes is more people read and further their education.

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