Hmm, I'll just re-examine my post:
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Originally Posted by taosaur
Well, now we're wandering onto familiar ground the OP asked us to avoid, but if the executives and board of directors respond to the market in such a way that consumers turn to piracy en masse, then the poor slob's lost job is no more nor less than the corrective influence of black markets upon an intractable industry.
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And now what you read into it:
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Originally Posted by leebase
But why feel like the author is due compensation and not the mailroom boy, the administrative assistant, the fact checker, the editor, the gaphic artist, the salesperson, the marketing staff and everyone else involved?
If you have a real disdain for "the man" or "corporate greed" or whatever -- then read any of the hundreds of thousands of free books and eschew the products of the "evil corporations".
Or just own up to being a thief and hope that there are enough honest people willing to support the products you love to steal.
Lee
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I would think you'd be able to see better from up on that high horse.