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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy
By that logic, if the author only ever sold one copy of his book, because everyone else copied it, it would be ok with you.
I disagree.
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No not at all. In real life that would not happen.
Lets say that my lending library has two copies of a book. Those books have been paid for, and part of my taxes have gone towards the purchase.
In days gone by you could see how many times that book has been borrowed by the number of date stamps on the sheet/sheets. 40, 50, 100? But still the author has only been paid once for each book that has been sold.
I still claim that I am only borrowing that book to read as it was meant to be. Be it a p-book or an ebook. When read it will be returned or deleted.
I do at times buy p-books. But how often have I bought a book and found that I don't like it.
This could be said for some of the software that I have bought. Only to find that it did not do what it said on the label.