Thread: So, briefly, what do you think about the Kindle now?
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Old 12-04-2007, 12:33 PM   #86
Alisa
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I'd like to think rather better about people. Most people, I believe, take the view that just because it's possible to copy an eBook doesn't make it morally justifiable to do so.

If one follows the line of reasoning that because one can steal it, people will do so, nobody would buy a car because they could just go out and steal one. Stealing a car is not technically difficult, after all. Want a new TV? Break into your neightbour's house and steal theirs. You'd have to be stupid to pay for a TV when you can steal one for free. Wouldn't you?

I'd like to think that most people know the difference between "right" and "wrong" and will regard taking something without paying for it as wrong.
This was my point with the whole "Stolen Apples" vs. "Free Apples" in a previous post. I think when it comes to digital products, whether it be software, video, music or books, people have a hard time seeing it as the same kind of theft as pocketing a CD in a shop. I believe that if people really got that, they'd be far less inclined to steal. They think of it as free or "sharing" which are much more kindly concepts.
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