Assumptions about eBook Piracy that don’t make sense
January 20th, 2010 admin
The most puzzling aspect of the various arguments about piracy are the completely unfounded assumptions people on both sides of the argument make. The ‘We Lost $27 trillion to Piracy’ Argument Publishers Weekly talks about a report by Attributor – Publishers could be losing out on as much as $3 billion to online book piracy, a new report released today by Attributor estimates. From the four sites that make digital download data available– 4shared.com , scribd.com , wattpad.com , and docstoc.com –Attributor found 3 million illegal downloads in the final quarter of 2009 of the 913 books followed. Before Publishers jump to the assumption that they are losing $3 billion a year to piracy they should consider these points – Attributor sells anti-piracy products. The analysis includes assumptions like this one – DocStoc, Scribd, Wattpad, and 4shared comprise one-third of piracy. A lot, …
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