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Originally Posted by TGS
That's a slightly different point from the one I was responding to - which was that it was the act of writing that should be paid for. Now you have moved on to argue that if I want to read something written by an author I should have to pay for that. But my point is that if I did have to pay for some of this stuff then I wouldn't read it, it's only because occasionally I find I can read it without paying for it that means that I do read it. It's a bit like remaindered book shops. The author got nothing out of books sold to a remaindered bookshop but I could buy books cheap and try an author I knew nothing about. In fact I "discovered" Brian Moore, Barbara Pym and Anne Tyler by buying remaindered books very cheap. Now I am happy to buy their books.
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In no way was I trying to give the impression that every person who sits down and churns out 150k words = an author. I churn out 150k words on a regular basis. Some people even get to read my work - but I don't expect to be paid for it (nor can you find it online) because I'm not an author. I write in my spare time and it's obvious.
I am of the opinion that there are a lot of issues with the ebook market - we've listed them here at MR several hundred times over - that can cause someone to use the Darknet. I don't think that every person who uses the Darknet is a pirate or a thief. If you download 1000 books and you read 50 of them - the authors of that 50 deserves to get some money, even if you weren't that impressed. The books you toss without ever reading? *shrug* It reminds me of browsing in a bookstore.