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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 1513 Views
I agree with most of what you say, Tom Larry - 09/12/2010 03:16:48 AM 1072 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 953 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 983 Views
I think that the idea of "the commodification of literature" is one that is flawed Brian - 08/12/2010 07:53:50 AM 1247 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 1029 Views
E-piracy is a symptom, not a cause Larry - 09/12/2010 03:22:05 AM 1014 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 893 Views
Re: E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature Macharius - 09/12/2010 03:46:39 AM 989 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 438 Views
That varies by location. ranagrande - 11/12/2010 08:07:52 PM 999 Views
I think you are conflating the text and the book. Camilla - 11/12/2010 05:04:37 PM 1018 Views
That's not my argument at all Larry - 11/12/2010 08:13:36 PM 939 Views
The whole thing gets even weirder with libraries. beetnemesis - 13/12/2010 04:46:15 PM 1122 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 940 Views
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