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Originally Posted by mdibella
I just don't get it, really. I don't buy books for the purpose of having many piles of bound paper bricks all over my house. I buy the content. The paper is merely a delivery mechanism.
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Exactly... and you've already had it delivered
once. Does asking for another one to be delivered mean that second delivery should be free?
It's clear to me that many of you simply consider an e-book (and, by extention, an MP3) to be essentially worthless, because it's not on paper (or disc), and therefore, it should be free for all. You also don't consider an e-book (or MP3) to be the equal of a printed book or CD, despite repeatedly saying that they are "the same" in content. Obviously, I don't consider that a practical, sensible, logical or ethical argument, and I'd like to point out that while you all are trying to convince me that I am wrong, you have made little headway in convincing me that you are right.
So: Explain to me how something that is "essentially content," and is considered worth something in one format, is worth nothing in an electronic format.
Explain to me why the production cost of a piece of content dictates the worth of that content, and how it impacts the compensation due to the creator.
Explain why it is a consumer's business what a creator pays to produce something.
Explain why it is okay for someone who is not connected to a creator, and does not know the creator's wishes, to reproduce that creator's work and resell it or give it away.
Explain why it is okay for someone who does not like a creator to reproduce that creator's work and resell it or give it away to spite them.
Explain why a creator should not have any say in how their creation is produced, or what it costs.
And finally, explain how it is right to take something for free, because you are not satisfied with something's cost or format.