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I'm with you. callandor1000 Send a noteboard - 11/12/2010 01:34:54 PM
What's the effective difference between "e-piracy" and a library? With either one, I can read a book and not have to pay for it. With either one, I can (and have!) discovered authors whose books I would not have if I'd had to pay first. And guess what? Some of those authors, I've gone and purchased some of their other books. Sales made that never would've happened had I not had the chance to read them on a trial basis.

I'm pretty sure that's not the issue you necessarily intended to address, but it's a starting point for realistic discussion on "the scourge of the artistic world known as e-piracy"... whether it's books, music, games, etc.


We have public libraries. Therefore, people are already no paying (at least directly) for the reading material. I've checked out books where they're on a second or third date card in the back cover, meaning a lot of people have checked it out of the library and not paid for it. Sure, it was purchased once but so two were the books being pirated.

Your mom. That's right. The cat is out of the bag. Your mom.

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E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature - 08/12/2010 02:31:00 AM 1330 Views
So we shouldn't just hook up writers to huge hamster wheels and force them to write and run? - 08/12/2010 04:58:16 AM 1395 Views
I agree with most of what you say, Tom - 09/12/2010 03:16:48 AM 970 Views
Let us say "materialistic culture". - 09/12/2010 03:30:39 AM 952 Views
That'll work - 09/12/2010 03:41:18 AM 866 Views
Speaking of camels through the eyes of needles... - 10/12/2010 03:09:09 AM 832 Views
Re: Speaking of camels through the eyes of needles... - 10/12/2010 11:25:41 AM 911 Views
Discussions of ebook piracy are largely irrelevant until more people use e-readers. - 08/12/2010 10:41:40 AM 957 Views
E-piracy is a symptom, not a cause - 09/12/2010 03:22:05 AM 933 Views
Uhm, or they just want to read and can't afford to spend money on books? - 10/12/2010 05:56:53 PM 828 Views
Re: E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature - 09/12/2010 03:46:39 AM 923 Views
I'm with you. - 11/12/2010 01:34:54 PM 951 Views
Authors get compensated for libraries. *NM* - 11/12/2010 05:05:30 PM 403 Views
That varies by location. - 11/12/2010 08:07:52 PM 927 Views
I think you are conflating the text and the book. - 11/12/2010 05:04:37 PM 949 Views
That's not my argument at all - 11/12/2010 08:13:36 PM 871 Views
The whole thing gets even weirder with libraries. - 13/12/2010 04:46:15 PM 1040 Views

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