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Originally Posted by stonetools
Substitute" authors" for "ebooks" and you pretty much get the same attitude here: we'll pay real money to Sony, Apple, Samsung, and Comcast, but authors? No money for you. Beyond the budget.
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I'll pay real money to authors, as much as I ever have. More, in fact--most of my pre-ereader money for books went for used books, and authors got no share of that. Now I'm often paying them 85% of list price, and sometimes more than that. Of course, that payment's only happening if list is below $6 and available in epub from a non-DRM store, but those are my terms for purchase; authors who only sell at Amazon or who DRM their books obviously don't want me as a customer.
I'm not going to feel guilty for intending to read a lot more than I'm ever going to pay for. Nor am I going to accept as reasonably any argument that hinges on "all artistic content should be metered;" that's not how any form of art has ever worked.
I am in favor of authors (and other artists) getting paid for their efforts, if their efforts are of interest to the public. I am not in favor of "everyone who perceives the art must pay the artist."