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Originally Posted by Anke Wehner
And what are you trying to get at with that argument?
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It's just a statement, you know, that thing they do in discussions?
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we shouldn't forget in this discussion that a lot of other people find books to read in magazines, newspapers, TV, brick&mortar bookstores, libraries... "local" channels.
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True enough, but again, these people couldn't care less about the electronic availability of media in a language foreign to them. This issue doesn't affect them, at all, so I think drawing them into this discussion makes little sense. We
aren't talking about physical books, as it were, for which the "old rules" still largely apply.
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... is unfair to ... those "non-international" readers who also pay for books to keep authors and publishers in business.
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I'm afraid I'll have to disagree here. I don't exactly see how me wanting (paid-for) access to foreign media can be considered "unfair" towards my fellow countrymen who have no such desire.