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Originally Posted by Giggleton
But what if those mechanisms don't work? Should we continue to use them? If I had to pay monies for all the books I read, I probably wouldn't be able to pay for my internet connection  or I'd have to cut back on food or something.
Do you think the ISP's are greedy? Would you be in favor of an internet tax? and distribution of this tax to those creators whose work is most popular? |
That is the point -- basically the mechanisms are working, they are just not giving you everything for free. Sure, there are some problems (ebooks often being more expensive than paperbacks) but the market will work its magic here soon enough.
In many countries ISP's are indeed greedy. Americans pay through their noses for slow services and unlimited isn't really unlimited. We only pay around USD $25.- a month for truly unlimited service, over fibre optics cables. And no need to bundle, or similar nonsense.
And you could start to read classics, if you don't want to pay. Why do you think it is always your right to have what you want (especially for free)? I would like someone to gift me that new Tesla roadster, too. But I will do just fine without it. And so would you if you took less of what isn't yours to take, there is plenty of legally free stuff around to read.
And seriously, didn't you say you would pay the authors through donations after you have read their books? Apparently that isn't quite true, according to your above statements you couldn't afford to donate the money after you have read the books and found them worthy, either. Or were you planning to donate 50 cents for a book that now costs $10?