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Originally Posted by jackdavid
I strongly feel that the next wave will be free digital media that users "pay" what they feel it's worth. This is certainly an option. Instead of trying to protect digital media (which is akin to squeezing sand with your fingers), give it away and trust the consumer will donate something. I'm sure people will be perfectly happy to pay the author something.
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Since the problem has to be solved and there is no going back I am hoping for this also. You will also probably pay to "publisher"-like entities that does the selection process that publishers do now. And I feel that a system where you pay afterward if you like the book and want the author to write more books is a system that will work better than what we have today. What I have not yet decided is if you are morally required to pirate things to stimulate this change...
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The bottom line: I am simple replacing the local library with a far quicker and more streamlined process.
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From your point of view. But authors and translators get money that depends on how many people have borrowed there books (at least in some countries) so it is not equivalent.