Except that the role of piracy is anything but clearcut. As Tim O'Reilly famously said in 2002 [1]: "Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy." False dichotomy much? I'm now an avowed ebook pirate, and my ebook library has ballooned seriously over the past 3 years. But I'm reading less than I did 5 years ago, when I used to frequent bookstores.