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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
Point to one post on MobileRead where someone says authors should not charge for books. Please.
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Giggleton seems to say it, or something like it, quite a lot. As far as I can tell, his opinion is that copyright should be abolished and readers should give donations to authors if they like their books.
eg:
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
It would also bring us one step closer to a copyright free world, where all books are freely traded and compensation comes in the form of donations after the fact of reading.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
By that logic, why not just say all ebooks and by extension all digital content should be priced at 0.00 and will essentially be donationware. It makes perfect sense to me!
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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
DRM doesn't hurt the bad guys.
DRM does hurt the good guys.
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I do completely agree with you on this point, though. I really don't think DRM is fit for purpose, because it doesn't do the one thing (ie prevent piracy) that it's supposed to do. It does annoy and inconvenience paying customers.