what about libraries? should we only be allowed to buy books and not borrow them from libraries? Thats a potantial revenue loss.
Here's a potential situation: JKR will not let her books be published in ebook format because of potential piracy. I own all her books, and have longed to have ebook versions. If I did go online and find text file versions of the books, thats going against what JKR wants. But these things are available anyways, and people are pirating them because there -isn't- any legal way to get an HP Ebook other then hand retyping every single book oneself. So would it be wrong to download the text versions of the books? or is it wrong not to offer them at all? A lot of books are not offered as text versions yet on the internet for sale either. What if you owned those books, but wanted copies for your ebook reader, which is easier to bringon the bus then a big bound copy of Lord of the Rings, lol.
Just guess that tells you my view. Yes people should pay for them, but these sorts of purchases should be made easier, and authors should allow purchasing of them. Simply put, sometimes the industry can contribute as much piracy as much as personal bad morals of certain individuals.
I like the Creative Commons community, especially the music site jamendo. You can download legally these creative works, and potentially support the artist with donations or buying hard disc versions of their music, or the like. The world would be a better place if these sorts of authors and musicians were better supported for their work. Rather than expecting them to participate in the normal standar book publishing models.
Okay off the rant now.
