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The iPad's First Impact On eBook Piracy

April 11, 2010

Is the iPad doing to eBook piracy what the iPod did to music? Apparently so.

Since the launch of the iPad, according to Torrentfreak's stats:

the number of unauthorized eBook downloads on BitTorrent grew by 78% on average, a significant increase

It's not quite scientific and their sample is very restricted. Nonetheless, there are more download this week, than the last.

Did you pay for all your eBooks?