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Originally Posted by JeffCobb
Mike; That is the difficulty with addressing a new audience about a non-trivial issue; if the readers have no point of reference and you jump to the conclusion you leave them confused unless the fundamentals of the discussion are established. By the same token if you go too deep in establishing these same fundamentals and the readers by and large already are aware, it simply becomes tedious for the reader and they still may not get the point. My initial post assumed everyone knew all of fundamentals and the point of the post was implied: Everyone in the media, etc cares more about movie and music piracy than book piracy and book piracy was about the easiest thing out there because unlike music/movies/etc, almost every published work is "out there".
When it became obvious that some/many missed the point (one person oddly inferred that I thought movie piracy was OK) I tried to lay down the thought trail that lead to the conclusion that book piracy was easier and due to a number of factors was almost undetectable. As such it is up to the character of the reader to help support the written word whereas movies/music/software (I always forget that one because in my world, all of my software is free/Open source) has the MPAA/RIAA/BSA etc to help enforce responsible behavior in the consumer. By and large they are ineffective but it is more than anyone does for the authors of books.
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I take it you're making a stand against movie piracy then?
I think everyone on an ebook forum has some opinion on ebook piracy ranging from ebook prices are daylight robbery, through why fight the inevitable, to I work in the industry and pirates should be hung. My difficulty was simply trying to work out where you stood on the matter.
Out of curiosity - do you think using open source software takes away the income of honest programmers trying to make a living in a difficult market?