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Originally Posted by sanders
Of course, this gets us back into the "copying is not stealing" argument. Just out of curiosity - do you sneak into movie theaters and/or hitch free rides on trains?
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What is not stealing for a publisher-hearted author?
I did not know that reading books in the library for free is like sneaking into movie theaters. Or what should someone do if he/she is poor in your opinion? Not reading anything and similarly not eat and die?
My view is Copying = electronic library. As long as somebody does not set up a real electronic library. And I don't think that it should be my problem that there is no infrastructure or monetary interest for such a business/service?
I think people should rebell against the existing status quo of publishers (should the new way of doing business be rather a network of authors instead of incorporated publishers?). One way of rebelling is downloading books for free or for a fair amount of money. History shows there would be no progress without questioning of the status quo sometimes, even if that questioning does not occur the right way.