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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I wasn't being dishonest. I was making a counterpoint that made as much sense as the point offered before it. An abstract is exactly that: An abstract. It has nothing to do with real life. It's a fantasy.
Read what I said at the end: "My point is the fact that, if the e-book is illegally obtained, it is not your right to have. For any reason."
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It really depends on how the argument is framed.
If it is a question of revenue its nonsensical because the author was paid for the words read.
Where is the value? The words...the medium...the morality? Authors wish to be paid, and should be paid.
In this hypothetical case, the author was. Since in reality, in the digital domain, exclusive distribution rights are unenforceable and in practical reality, null and void, it makes little sense to attempt to find a solution that does not address this root cause.
Its like pining for the "good old days" when blacks and women "knew their place"...pine away. Its not going to happen. It was "right" then too. Things change.
It was perfectly legal to deny women property, rights and human dignity by making them second-class citizens, and to subjugate sentient human beings as chattel. And those fighting those laws via non-compliance or subversion thereof were criminal scum. Every punishment they received wasn't nearly enough for their flagrant disrespect for the law and the...property..of others.
It is a wonderful thing that others did not see the law as so absolute.