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I think you are conflating the text and the book. Camilla Send a noteboard - 11/12/2010 05:04:37 PM
I think your argument is confused here.

The question of whether we evaluate literature based on how it sells, and how much is paid for it, and the question of how to support authors so that they can write good books for us without having an independent fortune are separate, and you are tying them together in a way which I think is unfair to both.

Until there is some separate way of funding writing, you cannot use that argument in favour of pirating books.
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E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature Larry - 08/12/2010 02:31:00 AM 1421 Views
So we shouldn't just hook up writers to huge hamster wheels and force them to write and run? Tom - 08/12/2010 04:58:16 AM 1511 Views
I agree with most of what you say, Tom Larry - 09/12/2010 03:16:48 AM 1071 Views
Let us say "materialistic culture". Tom - 09/12/2010 03:30:39 AM 1021 Views
That'll work Larry - 09/12/2010 03:41:18 AM 951 Views
Speaking of camels through the eyes of needles... Tom - 10/12/2010 03:09:09 AM 905 Views
Re: Speaking of camels through the eyes of needles... Larry - 10/12/2010 11:25:41 AM 982 Views
I think that the idea of "the commodification of literature" is one that is flawed Brian - 08/12/2010 07:53:50 AM 1245 Views
I think you misunderstand me, to some extent at least Larry - 09/12/2010 03:19:20 AM 991 Views
Discussions of ebook piracy are largely irrelevant until more people use e-readers. Ghavrel - 08/12/2010 10:41:40 AM 1028 Views
E-piracy is a symptom, not a cause Larry - 09/12/2010 03:22:05 AM 1013 Views
Uhm, or they just want to read and can't afford to spend money on books? LadyLorraine - 10/12/2010 05:56:53 PM 892 Views
Re: E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature Macharius - 09/12/2010 03:46:39 AM 987 Views
I'm with you. callandor1000 - 11/12/2010 01:34:54 PM 1030 Views
Authors get compensated for libraries. *NM* Camilla - 11/12/2010 05:05:30 PM 437 Views
That varies by location. ranagrande - 11/12/2010 08:07:52 PM 997 Views
I think you are conflating the text and the book. Camilla - 11/12/2010 05:04:37 PM 1017 Views
That's not my argument at all Larry - 11/12/2010 08:13:36 PM 937 Views
The whole thing gets even weirder with libraries. beetnemesis - 13/12/2010 04:46:15 PM 1121 Views
Sorry...as soon as you said you injected Marxist ideas into it I had to stop reading...otherwise dacole - 19/12/2010 06:10:12 AM 938 Views
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