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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Yes, because they were illegally obtained, and JKR did not get paid for them.
JKR has the right to say her books can be printed on paper, put on film, or chiseled into stone tablets. You may not like her choice of mediums, but it's still her decision to make, not yours.
If you don't like it, demonstrate by not buying her books... vote with your wallet. I assure you, if JKR thought she wasn't going to get the money she wanted from print books, she'd be putting out e-books now.
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The market has decided this issue...hasn't it?
Copyright is based on one principle: making sure creators get compensated so they will continue to create.
If you are not getting compensated you have nothing but ownership of the original creation because you effectively cannot control the distribution exclusively. It is IMPOSSIBLE.
So, it follows, logically, that you want to do what the market dictates to get compensation. If you did not want or need compensation, then copyright would be irrelevant.
Focus on the point...not the principle.
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