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.
*MySmiley*
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E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature
- 08/12/2010 02:31:00 AM
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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
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I agree with most of what you say, Tom
- 09/12/2010 03:16:48 AM
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Let us say "materialistic culture".
- 09/12/2010 03:30:39 AM
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That'll work
- 09/12/2010 03:41:18 AM
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I think that the idea of "the commodification of literature" is one that is flawed
- 08/12/2010 07:53:50 AM
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Discussions of ebook piracy are largely irrelevant until more people use e-readers.
- 08/12/2010 10:41:40 AM
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E-piracy is a symptom, not a cause
- 09/12/2010 03:22:05 AM
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Uhm, or they just want to read and can't afford to spend money on books?
- 10/12/2010 05:56:53 PM
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Re: E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature
- 09/12/2010 03:46:39 AM
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Authors get compensated for libraries. *NM*
- 11/12/2010 05:05:30 PM
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Sorry...as soon as you said you injected Marxist ideas into it I had to stop reading...otherwise
- 19/12/2010 06:10:12 AM
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