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Old 06-28-2012, 09:31 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by jbcohen View Post
Interesting makes the cash value of the books = $0.
Now that you mention it, it could affect the American market a couple of ways, each for the worse.

First off, it could completely kill the used book trade here. No loss for the publishers who see the secondary market as thieves pillaging sales, even if the work has been out of print for decades. Suddenly, none of those books can be resold because the ink's faded.

Textbook companies would love it. Everybody having to buy new textbooks every semester would be a big hit with them. Not so much with their captive audiences.

It could also hit the academic sector. Direct quoting might or might not be fair use, but having the writing fade would make books completely useless for reference purposes. Instead of having to keep your library up to date by buying a few new books every year, you suddenly have to re-buy the whole thing every six months. It also makes direct quoting hard. Publishers win.
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