I'm curious about the price difference also. Granted, the expense of paper
and ink/toner are not applicable when distributing PDFs, but I would think
that the real value is the content, not the physical materials.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Paul Hayden <[email protected]> wrote:

> Wow -- great replies! Your comments bring up a couple of other issues:
>
> 1. I assume that PDFs should be priced lower than paper copies. If they're
> not, I would think there would be a greater incentive to pirate the PDF
> rather than just buy your own copy. Does 50% lower sound right?
>
> 2. Adam Engst (TidBITS founder) was kind enough to offer some advice:
> don't bother password protecting your PDFs -- they're easily removed. Even
> so, he said that it's probably a good idea to stamp (in Acrobat) the PDF
> with the price and buyer's name. This is similar to what Christopher Smith
> wrote ("This score and set of parts is for the exclusive use of [the
> buyer]").
>
> Paul Hayden
>
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