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Originally Posted by Namekuseijin
Mr. Ploppy, I'm not talking about paperbacks here. This is mobileread after all.
About the income: how are authors supposed to get some when their books are available for free? No digital guns forcing people into being good citizens, remember?
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I had the opportunity today to walk out of three different stores with merchandise, if I so chose, without paying.
I am fairly certain that I would not get caught, and in one store, after I bought it, I stuck it in the same pocket (saving a bag) as I would have had I wanted to take it.
So it was not fear of getting caught or shot that caused me to pay. It was the idea that I was paying for what I got. The price was fair and the store deserved to make their profit. I had full ownership of what I bought and could do what I wanted with it after purchase.
If I feel the same way about an ebook, I will buy it, as I have with over a thousand books. But the lack of a gun to stop me from stealing it, or the 'gun' of easily removed DRM is not what is determining whether I buy a book or not.